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Topic usage by elites: 0.41% all, 0.23% Senate Democrats, 0.51% Senate Republicans, 0.08% House Democrats, 0.80% House Republicans.
Top Members of Congress: @SteveDaines (R-MT), @SenJohnHoeven (R-ND), @RepEdWhitfield (R-KY), @RepMikePompeo (R-KS), @LEETERRYNE (R-NE)
Topic usage by media and public: 0.16% Media, 0.01% informed public, 0.01% random users, 0.09% Democratic supporters, 0.06% Republican supporters.

Sample of representative tweets by Members of Congress:

Picture is worth $200 million. #President could approve #KeystoneXL & create thousands of jobs! #‎TimetoBuild! http://t.co/1K8XboR8In

RepJoeBarton (@RepJoeBarton)

It is #timetobuild the #Keystone pipeline to create 20,000 jobs and add $20 billion to the US economy. http://t.co/UEluHU6Oe5

RepEdRoyce (@RepEdRoyce)

No reason for delay of #KeystoneXL Pipeline. It will create tens of thousands of #jobs, bring $7 bil investments into U.S. econ #TimetoBuild

RepDennisRoss (@RepDennisRoss)

It's time to build the #KeystoneXL Pipeline #4jobs: "Americans Support the Keystone XL Pipeline by Wide Margin" http://t.co/Q8gHtwJ4ki

PeteSessions (@PeteSessions)

#ar2 RT @HouseCommerce: ON THE CLOCK: 1,683 days since the #KeystoneXL app was filed. RT if you think that it's #TimeToBuild #4jobs

RepTimGriffin (@RepTimGriffin)

Today marks 6 years since the initial application for the #KeystoneXL pipeline was submitted. 6 years is long enough, it's #TimeToBuild

repcorygardner (@repcorygardner)

Sample of representative media tweets:

12K barrels of tar sands oil soak an AR town when pipeline (carrying 1/10 of what Keystone XL would carry) bursts http://t.co/HzJ1jqZ4nY

msnbc (@msnbc)

Barack Obama expresses reservations about Keystone XL pipeline project http://t.co/jimuLBZhpv

GuardianUS (@GuardianUS)

BREAKING: Government environmental impact report on Keystone XL pipeline raises no major issues, setting stage for approval

NBCNews (@NBCNews)

Corruption is built into State Department environmental assessment of Keystone XL pipeline http://t.co/Z4A9XfDraD

dailykos (@dailykos)

While America waits on Keystone, another tar sands pipeline got approved http://t.co/wbjmNjCgUR http://t.co/ibQGXLBMs2

thinkprogress (@thinkprogress)

Obama Moves to Approve Keystone Pipeline: This afternoon, the State Department released a draft environmental ... http://t.co/ztMiKPYjGy

BreitbartNews (@BreitbartNews)