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Now they're studying Congressional yada, yada, yadas every day

June 19, 2008 |  9:20 am

Our co-blogger over on the Technology blog, Jim Puzzanghera, has dug up an interesting new device in Washington -- yes, thereCapitol Hill two buildings built on talk are some. Or can be.

It seems the Sunlight Foundation, which seeks to explain the workings of Congress -- good luck with that one, too -- has come up with some way to pore through all of the blather uttered on the floors of the Senate and House every day.

And then their magic program distills it all down into one word each day.

We'd have some nominees here on The Ticket, but we're not allowed to publish those. Tuesday's Sunlight Foundation distilled word was, for instance, "health."

Jim explains how this works and provides links over here.

--Andrew Malcolm


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