OnScript
Observed congressional language, rendered as two cited automated composites.

Automated measurement. Composite prose is generated from claims selected and counted by code.

OnScript reads what members of Congress publish and counts the phrases they say together. Every claim below links to the press releases it came from.

How it works · Who makes it

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Observed congressional language on 2026-08-25, rendered as two cited automated composites.

Democrats

Measurement: 59 publications were observed for the Democratic party on 2026-08-25.

Composite state: generated_verified

Across 59 statements today, no phrase was shared widely enough to call a dominant message. We note that our most synchronized phrase was recorded 6 times, first recorded in our corpus from Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA).

A composite voice, machine-composed from the day’s measured phrases. No member spoke these exact sentences; the quoted spans are verbatim (see receipts).

generator: sonnet_direct · model: claude-sonnet-5 · verifier: passed

No talking point cleared the 3-member threshold today — nothing to cite.

Republicans

Measurement: 33 publications were observed for the Republican party on 2026-08-25.

Composite state: deterministic_fallback

Today 33 of us released statements. 3 of us carried "million in federal funding". Our most synchronized phrase, used by 5 of us: the next generation.

A composite voice, machine-composed from the day’s measured phrases. No member spoke these exact sentences; the quoted spans are verbatim (see receipts).

voice: deterministic template (not a language model) · verifier: passed
Receipts
3 offices · 4 publications · 3 families carried · 3 of 271 (1.1%)
✓ publication verified✓ message key✓ 3 familiesphrase shown 3/3✓ sourced 3/3
Agriculture · District funding & constituent service
  • 9 million in federal funding through the rural
    Andy Barr (R-KY) · 2026-08-25 · source · archived
  • 1 million in federal funding
    H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) · 2026-08-25 · source · archived
  • 20 million in federal funding for the city of
    Jon Husted (R-OH) · 2026-08-25 · source · archived

Where language spread this window

D Democrats

the supreme court

Peak 45 offices on 2026-06-30.

Adoption curve: distinct offices using this phrase each day, by partyDemocratic offices, drawn as a solid line, peak at 45 on one day; Republican offices, drawn as a dashed line, peak at 15. The horizontal axis runs from 2026-05-28 through 2026-07-09; the vertical axis counts distinct offices, from 0 to 45.02245peak 45 · 2026-06-302026-05-282026-06-082026-06-172026-06-262026-07-09

Democrats (solid line)   Republicans (dashed line)

R Republicans

defense industrial base

Peak 33 offices on 2026-07-22.

Adoption curve: distinct offices using this phrase each day, by partyDemocratic offices, drawn as a solid line, peak at 5 on one day; Republican offices, drawn as a dashed line, peak at 33. The horizontal axis runs from 2026-05-28 through 2026-08-04; the vertical axis counts distinct offices, from 0 to 33.01633peak 33 · 2026-07-222026-05-282026-06-102026-06-262026-07-212026-08-04

Democrats (solid line)   Republicans (dashed line)

How these two were chosen: for each party independently, code takes that party's phrase with the highest single-day office count in the trailing 90 days, counting only phrases that reached at least 15 offices on some day in that window. Ties go to the earlier first appearance, then to the alphabetically first identifier. No model chooses, and neither party's pick constrains the other's.

How this is counted

Participation in eligible message claims

Each measure keeps one count unit from numerator through denominator.

D

  • Office participation: 0 offices of 46 offices. Window: party-day 2026-08-25. Method: participation-measures-v1.
  • Publication participation: 0 publications of 59 publications. Window: party-day 2026-08-25. Method: participation-measures-v1.
  • Document-family participation: 0 document families of 56 document families. Window: party-day 2026-08-25. Method: participation-measures-v1.

R

  • Office participation: 3 offices of 31 offices. Window: party-day 2026-08-25. Method: participation-measures-v1.
  • Publication participation: 4 publications of 33 publications. Window: party-day 2026-08-25. Method: participation-measures-v1.
  • Document-family participation: 3 document families of 32 document families. Window: party-day 2026-08-25. Method: participation-measures-v1.

These two bases differ. Office counts come from the day's eligible caucus offices in the nightly symmetry audit; publication counts come from the day's source publications. A joint release is one publication and can carry several offices, so the two never have to agree.

How phrases are sorted

Classification lanes

The deterministic classifier separates messages, shared names, procedure, and retained raw observations.

Messages

  • will keep fighting
  • the next generation
  • million in federal funding
  • to move forward
  • the members wrote

Shared names

  • No observations in this lane.

Procedure

  • next generation of
  • cultural resources and
  • national parks are
  • strong opposition to

Raw observations

  • sending a letter

Raw observations remain available in the experimental exports.

Nightly symmetry audit: nightly symmetry audit. Every distilled claim above is citation-backed.

Repeated phrase observations

This table lists repeated phrase observations, ranked by how many members used the same exact phrase. It is not filtered to coordinated messages, so it can include official names, procedural formulas, and biographical phrasing, not only messages. The sparkline is the phrase's 14-day trajectory.

Each party’s own most-synchronized phrases, ranked within the party so the larger caucus can’t fill the table — every count travels with its caucus denominator.

D repeated phrases

  1. 6 of 257 (2.3%) will keep fighting Phrase trend14 observations; peak 6 members.
  2. 4 of 257 (1.6%) to move forward Phrase trend14 observations; peak 4 members.
  3. 4 of 257 (1.6%) the members wrote Phrase trend14 observations; peak 4 members.
  4. 4 of 257 (1.6%) right to vote Phrase trend14 observations; peak 4 members.
  5. 3 of 257 (1.2%) small business owners Phrase trend14 observations; peak 4 members.
  6. 3 of 257 (1.2%) cultural resources and Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.
  7. 3 of 257 (1.2%) on mail-in voting Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.
  8. 3 of 257 (1.2%) the interior doi Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.
  9. 3 of 257 (1.2%) of public lands Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.
  10. 3 of 257 (1.2%) oil and gas Phrase trend14 observations; peak 6 members.

R repeated phrases

  1. 5 of 271 (1.8%) the next generation Phrase trend14 observations; peak 9 members.
  2. 4 of 271 (1.5%) million in federal funding Phrase trend14 observations; peak 7 members.
  3. 4 of 271 (1.5%) next generation of Phrase trend14 observations; peak 6 members.
  4. 3 of 271 (1.1%) national parks are Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.
  5. 3 of 271 (1.1%) right here at home Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.
  6. 3 of 271 (1.1%) from across the country Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.
  7. 3 of 271 (1.1%) generations to come Phrase trend14 observations; peak 5 members.
  8. 3 of 271 (1.1%) around the world Phrase trend14 observations; peak 4 members.

Each table is one party measured against that party's own caucus, so row counts are not comparable across the two. Differences in how much each party publishes are measured in the nightly symmetry audit, not here. See the nightly symmetry audit.

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