Posted on 12/14/2011 9:35:48 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB
It's a database of words that no lawmaker can talk their way out of. "We just want lawmakers to be a little bit more transparent and accountable," said Tom Lee, with the non-profit Washington, D.C. organization the Sunlight Foundation. On Monday, it announced a retooled and beefed up website, capitolwords.org, that tracks every word uttered on the floor of the U.S. House and Senate, going back 15 years. "It's not only something that's fun," Lee said, "but it's also a serious tool. It can be used to show deliberate ways in which language is used to manipulate the public.
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Betty McCollum's fave: "Palestinians"
Bachmann's: "2 dollar gasoline"
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