Tuesday, June 24, 2008Capitol Words Capitol Words, a project of the Sunlight Foundation, is an amusing and nuance-free look at what our elected representatives are bloviating about at any given moment.It might be better named "Capitol Word," because that's all it actually provides: the single word most frequently used by the U.S. Congress on any given day, determined by having a computer plow through the text of the Congressional Record. It goes back to January 2000, and they even have an API. Thanks to Derek for the link. Labels: Capitol Words, Congress, Congressional Record
posted by John McGrath @ 2:09 PM
 
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I think Capitol is appropriate, especially if it's specific to Congress. Capitol Hill/The Capitol Building refers to were Congress meets (or any legislative body). A capital is a city. I think you got them reversed.
Oops, yes, of course you're right, I used the wrong word in the second paragraph. That was a typo; I wasn't trying to be cute. Thanks for the catch, fixed now.
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I work @ Sunlight. Glad you liked Capitol Words. Our Labs created a widget for anyone who wants Capitol Words on their website: http://capitolwords.org/about/ Thanks again. Lizzie Nolan Communications Assistant The Sunlight Foundation enolan AT sunlightfoundation DOT com www.sunlightfoundation.com # posted by
 : June 25, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Thanks for posting about Capitol Words. FYI We have made a lot of great improvements to the site. Check it out: http://capitolwords.org/
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Capitol Words now has more information you can see what the most said words are over the period of a year, the whole Congress, month, and even day. You can also see what words a lawmaker is saying the most. These improvements give users a better understanding of what is happening in the halls of Congress. Let me know if you have any questions. Nisha Thompson nthompson(at)sunlightfoundation(dot)com # posted by
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