Capitol Words is an interesting new tool from the Sunlight Foundation. The presentation of reminds me a little of Wordle which is a good thing. It’s nice to see government information in an easy to asborb format. On Capitol Words users can view an image map or tag cloud of the top words of the day, week, month or year used in Congress. It’s very captivating and a quick way to see the topic trend over a period of time
As you might imagine, “budget” has been the most popular word in recent weeks. There is also an option to view by most vocal lawmaker by a specified period of time. Richard Durbin (D-IL) is the most vocal member of the past 60 days.
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