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For every day Congress is in session, we "visualize" what lawmakers say by calculating their word frequency, giving you an at-a-glance view of which issues they address over time.

Top Words of the

Most used words in Congressional Record from November 17, 2008 to December 16, 2008

List View

  1. 100% 1,295 office
  2. 100% 1,222 report
  3. 100% 1,128 service
  4. 100% 1,031 industry
  5. 100% 886 health
  6. 100% 858 public
  7. 100% 855 community
  8. 100% 790 transportation
  9. 100% 780 business
  10. 100% 779 country
  11. 100% 777 communication
  12. 100% 722 financial
  13. 100% 680 plan
  14. 100% 677 letter
  15. 100% 673 auto
  16. 100% 664 companies
  17. 100% 660 billion
  18. 100% 646 security
  19. 100% 629 services
  20. 100% 619 energy
  21. 100% 615 economic
  22. 100% 604 entitled
  23. 100% 587 administration
  24. 100% 586 money
  25. 100% 578 school
  26. 100% 577 jobs
  27. 100% 565 foreign
  28. 100% 553 economy
  29. 100% 553 help
  30. 100% 551 family

Lawmakers

Heat Map of Vocal States

(last 60 days)
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10 Most Vocal Lawmakers

(last 60 days)
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  1. 100 10,436 Harry Reid (D-NV)
  2. 91 9,531 Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
  3. 84 8,813 Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
  4. 74 7,806 Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
  5. 69 7,294 Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
  6. 63 6,647 Arlen Specter (R-PA)
  7. 63 6,618 Barney Frank (D-MA-4)
  8. 62 6,498 Richard Durbin (D-IL)
  9. 55 5,744 George Radanovich (R-CA-19)
  10. 51 5,416 Patrick Leahy (D-VT)