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Topic usage by elites: 0.56% all, 0.33% Senate Democrats, 0.74% Senate Republicans, 0.25% House Democrats, 0.91% House Republicans.
Top Members of Congress: @CongPalazzo (R-MS), @RepWalorski (R-IN), @CongressmanDan (R-MI), @RepJeffMiller (R-FL), @RepGuthrie (R-KY)
Topic usage by media and public: 0.21% Media, 0.03% informed public, 0.01% random users, 0.04% Democratic supporters, 0.12% Republican supporters.

Sample of representative tweets by Members of Congress:

Cosponsored & voted for the Veteran Access to Care Act, #4810. It passed 421-0 today. Our vets deserve the best care: http://t.co/Vbvx6ekia9

RepEdRoyce (@RepEdRoyce)

The house passed the Veterans Access to Care Act which gives vets the option to seek private sector care if #VA wait time exceeds 30 days.

PeteSessions (@PeteSessions)

RT @Transport: Fact: #WRRDA cuts red tape & lets private sector do what it does best: create opportunities for more American #jobs. http://…

RepTomCotton (@RepTomCotton)

Today @HouseVetAffairs will hold a hearing on my bill, Vet Access to Timely Medical Appt Act. No vet shld wait for medical care they deserve

GOPWhip (@GOPWhip)

Bold reform at VA is necessary to ensure our veterans receive timely & quality care they need, have earned & deserve. http://t.co/HeTH1phZ8Y

RepTimGriffin (@RepTimGriffin)

I voted yes today to pass the Veterans Access to Care Act, which would give veterans on VA wait lists flexibility to go elsewhere for care.

RepShelley (@RepShelley)

Sample of representative media tweets:

Three executives placed on leave over allegations that up to 40 vets died after being placed on secret wait list: http://t.co/7uk1uul1IE

theblaze (@theblaze)

“We’re committed to ending this thing called the backlog” Veterans Affairs Sec. Eric Shinseki http://t.co/AXNmaurcYS

NewsHour (@NewsHour)

VA inspector general's office reportedly began probing wait lists months before scandal broke http://t.co/qfubl5JVry

FoxNews (@FoxNews)

US Congress to provide $17bn to ease waiting times at Veterans Affairs medical centres http://t.co/DvB97SGerb

GuardianUS (@GuardianUS)

Officials say Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, Taliban POW since 2009, was freed in exchange for five Gitmo detainees - http://t.co/EdXwBiGX9K

CBSNews (@CBSNews)

JUST IN: VA Secretary Shinseki says he's ousting leadership of Phoenix VA hospital at the heart of the wait list scandal

CBSNews (@CBSNews)