Members of Congress speaking at 10th grade level, report says
The Sunlight Foundation has released a report stating that members of Congress are speaking at a 10th grade level...
The Sunlight Foundation, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that uses the Internet to generate greater government openness and transparency has released a report stating that members of Congress are speaking at a 10th grade level.
The sophistication of federal lawmakers’ speech patterns is on the decline, with members of Congress now talking, on average, at the level of high school sophomores.
According to a new report by the Sunlight Foundation, Congress has fallen by almost a full grade-level since 2005.
The members speaking at the lowest grade levels tend to be freshmen Republicans.
As NPR noted on Monday, “Of the 10 members speaking at the lowest grade level, all but two are freshmen, and every one is a Republican.” That measurement is for all speeches since 1996.
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