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

Today on OnScript

Observed congressional language on 2026-10-21, rendered as two cited automated composites.

Democrats

Measurement: 62 publications were observed for the Democratic party on 2026-10-21.

Composite state: generated_verified

Across 62 statements, no phrase was shared by more than a few of us today. The closest alignment is the phrase hundreds of thousands, recorded 4 times, first recorded in our corpus from Jeff Crank (R-CO). Beyond that measurement, we have no shared messages to report for today.

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: 42 publications were observed for the Republican party on 2026-10-21.

Composite state: deterministic_fallback

Today 42 of us released statements. 3 of us carried "million in federal funding". Our most synchronized phrase, used by 4 of us: will continue working.

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 · 3 publications · 3 families carried · 3 of 271 (1.1%)
✓ publication verified✓ message key✓ 3 familiesphrase shown 3/3✓ sourced 3/3
District funding & constituent service · Infrastructure
  • 9 million in federal funding through the department
    Mark Harris (R-NC) · 2026-10-21 · source · archived
  • 75 million in federal funding through the u
    Todd Young (R-IN) · 2026-10-21 · source · archived
  • 7 million in federal funding for key infrastructure
    Mark Alford (R-MO) · 2026-10-21 · source · archived

Where language spread this window

D Democrats

25th anniversary of

Peak 28 offices on 2026-09-11.

Adoption curve: distinct offices using this phrase each day, by partyDemocratic offices, drawn as a solid line, peak at 28 on one day; Republican offices, drawn as a dashed line, peak at 19. The horizontal axis runs from 2026-08-04 through 2026-09-11; the vertical axis counts distinct offices, from 0 to 28.01428peak 28 · 2026-09-112026-08-042026-08-282026-09-012026-09-092026-09-11

Democrats (solid line)   Republicans (dashed line)

R Republicans

25th anniversary of

Peak 19 offices on 2026-09-11.

Adoption curve: distinct offices using this phrase each day, by partyDemocratic offices, drawn as a solid line, peak at 28 on one day; Republican offices, drawn as a dashed line, peak at 19. The horizontal axis runs from 2026-08-04 through 2026-09-11; the vertical axis counts distinct offices, from 0 to 28.01428peak 28 · 2026-09-112026-08-042026-08-282026-09-012026-09-092026-09-11

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 2026-10-21. Method: participation-measures-v1.
  • Publication participation: 0 publications of 62 publications. Window: party-day 2026-10-21. Method: participation-measures-v1.
  • Document-family participation: 0 document families of 60 document families. Window: party-day 2026-10-21. Method: participation-measures-v1.

R

  • Office participation: 3 offices of 38 offices. Window: party-day 2026-10-21. Method: participation-measures-v1.
  • Publication participation: 3 publications of 42 publications. Window: party-day 2026-10-21. Method: participation-measures-v1.
  • Document-family participation: 3 document families of 40 document families. Window: party-day 2026-10-21. 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 continue working
  • hundreds of thousands
  • transparency and accountability
  • attention to this matter
  • thank you for your attention

Shared names

  • No observations in this lane.

Procedure

  • raised concerns that
  • federal funding for
  • federal state and
  • office received a

Raw observations

  • letter is available
  • text of the letter is available

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. 5 of 257 (1.9%) raised concerns that Phrase trend14 observations; peak 5 members.
  2. 5 of 257 (1.9%) federal funding for Phrase trend14 observations; peak 6 members.
  3. 4 of 257 (1.6%) hundreds of thousands Phrase trend14 observations; peak 6 members.
  4. 4 of 257 (1.6%) transparency and accountability Phrase trend14 observations; peak 4 members.
  5. 4 of 257 (1.6%) attention to this matter Phrase trend14 observations; peak 4 members.
  6. 4 of 257 (1.6%) thank you for your attention Phrase trend14 observations; peak 4 members.
  7. 3 of 257 (1.2%) social media platforms Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.
  8. 3 of 257 (1.2%) office received a Phrase trend13 observations; peak 4 members.
  9. 3 of 257 (1.2%) according to recent Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.
  10. 3 of 257 (1.2%) intended to help Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.

R repeated phrases

  1. 4 of 271 (1.5%) federal state and Phrase trend14 observations; peak 4 members.
  2. 4 of 271 (1.5%) will continue working Phrase trend14 observations; peak 5 members.
  3. 4 of 271 (1.5%) to help bring Phrase trend14 observations; peak 4 members.
  4. 4 of 271 (1.5%) million in federal Phrase trend14 observations; peak 7 members.
  5. 3 of 271 (1.1%) waste fraud and abuse Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.
  6. 3 of 271 (1.1%) million in federal funding Phrase trend14 observations; peak 8 members.
  7. 3 of 271 (1.1%) need to protect Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.
  8. 3 of 271 (1.1%) across this country Phrase trend14 observations; peak 3 members.
  9. 3 of 271 (1.1%) i’m proud to have Phrase trend14 observations; peak 4 members.
  10. 3 of 271 (1.1%) proud to help Phrase trend14 observations; peak 5 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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