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What did he say?!?

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 2009

A Web site called Capitol Words has been listening, tracking and recording the words used the most by U.S. Senators and Congressmen and how often they spoke.

Out of Virginia’s 17 legislators, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th) spoke the most words, more than 3,000. New Sen. Mark Warner (D), elected in November 2008 ranked #16 on the list.

Here are some highlights from Capitol Words list:


Sen. Jim Webb (D) – 1,650 words

  1. administration

  2. country

  3. Virginia

  4. Iraq

  5. issue

Sen. Mark Warner (D) —198 words

  1. business

  2. accountability

  3. budget

  4. recovery

  5. communities

Sen. John Warner (R) – 2,483 words

  1. distinguished

  2. Virginia

  3. intelligence

  4. war

  5. energy

Republican Whip, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-7th) – 1,153 words

  1. tax

  2. beneficiaries

  3. limit

  4. budget

  5. benefit

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th) – 3,087 words

  1. rights

  2. commission

  3. human

  4. China

  5. bipartisan

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11th) – 1,296 words

  1. police

  2. service

  3. community

  4. county

  5. class

Rep. Jim Moran (D-8th) – 1,462 words

  1. service

  2. employees

  3. Virginia

  4. percent

  5. leave


Word counts recorded from April 21, 2008 to April 20, 2009.

Check out more at www.CapitolWords.org


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