Comments on: Capitol Words - US Congress in a word a day

Capitol Words - US Congress in a word a day

sunlightfoundation — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:52:15 -0800

Capitol Words gives you an at-a-glance view into the daily proceedings of the United States Congress through the simplest lens available-a single word. For every day that Congress is in session, Capitol Words displays the most frequently used word in the Congressional Record.

Whether the word matches up to an issue, an action, or the name of a member of Congress, Capitol Words provides a snapshot of the main topic addressed by Congress for any given day, dating back to the second session of the 106th Congress (January 20, 2000).

The Capitol Words site is powered by data collected by the Sunlight Foundation's LOUISdb from GPO Access.

An API provides several methods of accessing detailed information from the Capitol Words database.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:28:22 -0800

This is pretty cool. Energy seems to be winning, followed by oil.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:57:00 -0800

I've been so enthralled with this project I decided to post it to Metafilter. Hurrah!*

* ... is not a word I have yet seen listed as being often used in the U.S Congress. A shame, that.

By: LSK

LSK — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:35:24 -0800

"Carribean" is not a word I expected to see.

By: sunlightfoundation

sunlightfoundation — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:12:04 -0800

Thanks again, Effigy2000!

By: HotPatatta

HotPatatta — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:54:43 -0800

A word cloud would put The Word in proportion.

What was the The Word the day after Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction?