
"Health."
That's the word that was most often on the tip of the tongue for members of Congress yesterday, according to a new website, www.capitolwords.com, launched today by the Sunlight Foundation. (Disclosure: I consult for the organization.)
All the more interesting when you take a look at which health care companies and organizations are giving the most campaign contributions to federal candidates in the 2008 elections.
And the top recipients of these contributions:
The new website scours the Congressional Record to produce the most-uttered word on any given day on the House and Senate floors.
Other recent words: "tax, "Caribbean," "energy." Check it out.