Tracked phrases
First-appearance tracking and adoption curves across members. When a phrase jumps from a handful of members to dozens in a day, the convergence is the measurement — we record who said what, and when, and let you draw your own conclusions about why.
Fastest-spreading
Ranked by adoption velocity — phrases going viral within a caucus.
| Phrase | Party | Peak | Velocity | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the department conducted | D | 3 | 3.0 | 2025-03-03 |
| taking place and | D | 3 | 3.0 | 2025-09-08 |
| concern regarding the | D | 3 | 3.0 | 2025-01-06 |
| designed to support | D | 3 | 2.8 | 2025-01-02 |
| questions no later than october | D | 3 | 2.6 | 2025-09-23 |
| pressure on russia | R | 3 | 2.5 | 2025-03-24 |
| need to keep | D | 4 | 2.3 | 2025-01-07 |
| urging the administration | R | 3 | 2.2 | 2025-01-06 |
| lack of transparency | D | 3 | 2.2 | 2025-01-15 |
| our rural communities | R | 3 | 1.9 | 2025-01-07 |
| provided to congress | D | 3 | 1.8 | 2025-01-23 |
| war in iran | D | 4 | 1.8 | 2026-02-24 |
| i’m grateful to | D | 4 | 1.8 | 2025-01-03 |
| war with iran | D | 3 | 1.8 | 2025-05-06 |
| the american public | D | 3 | 1.7 | 2025-01-03 |
| centers for medicare | R | 3 | 1.5 | 2025-01-08 |
| law enforcement and | R | 3 | 1.5 | 2025-01-03 |
| access to care | R | 3 | 1.4 | 2025-01-03 |
| congress and the american | D | 3 | 1.4 | 2025-01-07 |
| the first time | D | 3 | 1.2 | 2025-01-02 |
| make ends meet | D | 3 | 1.2 | 2025-01-03 |
| million in federal | R | 3 | 0.7 | 2025-01-02 |
Velocity is the day's office count for a phrase divided by the average of its office counts over the previous 14 days it appeared. A phrase used as much as usual sits near 1.
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. Ranked by peak single-day member count.
| Phrase | Party | Peak | Velocity | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| need to keep | D | 4 | 2.3 | 2025-01-07 |
| war in iran | D | 4 | 1.8 | 2026-02-24 |
| i’m grateful to | D | 4 | 1.8 | 2025-01-03 |
| questions no later than october | D | 3 | 2.6 | 2025-09-23 |
| make ends meet | D | 3 | 1.2 | 2025-01-03 |
| the department conducted | D | 3 | 3.0 | 2025-03-03 |
| taking place and | D | 3 | 3.0 | 2025-09-08 |
| pressure on russia | R | 3 | 2.5 | 2025-03-24 |
| urging the administration | R | 3 | 2.2 | 2025-01-06 |
| congress and the american | D | 3 | 1.4 | 2025-01-07 |
| lack of transparency | D | 3 | 2.2 | 2025-01-15 |
| provided to congress | D | 3 | 1.8 | 2025-01-23 |
| centers for medicare | R | 3 | 1.5 | 2025-01-08 |
| our rural communities | R | 3 | 1.9 | 2025-01-07 |
| war with iran | D | 3 | 1.8 | 2025-05-06 |
| concern regarding the | D | 3 | 3.0 | 2025-01-06 |
| the american public | D | 3 | 1.7 | 2025-01-03 |
| law enforcement and | R | 3 | 1.5 | 2025-01-03 |
| access to care | R | 3 | 1.4 | 2025-01-03 |
| designed to support | D | 3 | 2.8 | 2025-01-02 |
| the first time | D | 3 | 1.2 | 2025-01-02 |
| million in federal | R | 3 | 0.7 | 2025-01-02 |
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.