This is a class blog for the students of POLSCI 426: Congressional Politics at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Congress Speaks

Congress Speaks is a cute little website that counts how many words each member of Congress spoke during the 110th Congress. It turns out that Russ Feingold is one of the talkiest talkers in Congress (13th overall, Kohl is much more quiet). You can also see which words members were using more frequently than their colleagues.

I'm not sure it's useful for anything, but it's fun to poke around. Karma points to whoever reveals in the comments who is the biggest gasbag in Congress.

Via the indispensable political science blog The Monkey Cage.

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