OnScript · 2026-08-17
Observed congressional language on 2026-08-17, rendered as two cited automated composites.
Measurement: 66 publications were observed for the Democratic party on 2026-08-17.
deterministic_fallbackToday 66 of us released statements. 4 of us carried "the USS Abraham Lincoln". 3 of us carried "joint military exercises with South". Our most synchronized phrase, used by 9 of us: letter was signed.
A composite voice, machine-composed from the day’s measured phrases. No member spoke these exact sentences; the quoted spans are verbatim (see receipts).
- hegseth over conditions aboard the uss abraham lincoln
- on the conditions aboard the uss abraham lincoln
- to request information regarding the uss abraham lincoln
- back joint military exercises with south korea
- gut joint military exercises with south korea is
- reducing joint military exercises with south korea because
Measurement: 42 publications were observed for the Republican party on 2026-08-17.
withheld_no_eligible_claimToday 42 of us released statements. No phrase was shared by 3 or more of us 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).
No talking point cleared the 3-member threshold today — nothing to cite.
How this is counted
Participation in eligible message claims
Each measure keeps one count unit from numerator through denominator.
D
- Office participation: 7 offices of 50 offices. Window: party-day 2026-08-17. Method: participation-measures-v1.
- Publication participation: 7 publications of 66 publications. Window: party-day 2026-08-17. Method: participation-measures-v1.
- Document-family participation: 7 document families of 60 document families. Window: party-day 2026-08-17. Method: participation-measures-v1.
R
- Office participation: 0 offices of 28 offices. Window: party-day 2026-08-17. Method: participation-measures-v1.
- Publication participation: 0 publications of 42 publications. Window: party-day 2026-08-17. Method: participation-measures-v1.
- Document-family participation: 0 document families of 42 document families. Window: party-day 2026-08-17. 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.
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
- 9 of 257 (3.5%) letter was signed
- 5 of 257 (1.9%) 200 consecutive days
- 5 of 257 (1.9%) sailors and marines
- 5 of 257 (1.9%) this federal funding
- 5 of 257 (1.9%) will continue working
- 5 of 257 (1.9%) their loved ones
- 4 of 257 (1.6%) announced return date
- 4 of 257 (1.6%) nearly long enough
- 4 of 257 (1.6%) million in federal funding
- 4 of 257 (1.6%) a port call
R repeated phrases
- 3 of 271 (1.1%) to make sure
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.