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Topic usage by elites: 0.58% all, 0.66% Senate Democrats, 0.28% Senate Republicans, 1.24% House Democrats, 0.13% House Republicans.
Top Members of Congress: @RepCartwright (D-PA), @BettyMcCollum04 (D-MN), @ChrisVanHollen (D-MD), @RepGaryPeters (D-MI), @RepVisclosky (D-IN)
Topic usage by media and public: 0.24% Media, 0.03% informed public, 0.02% random users, 0.14% Democratic supporters, 0.03% Republican supporters.

Sample of representative tweets by Members of Congress:

If Congress doesnt act & automatic cuts happen, 70K Kids lose Head Start & 10K teachers may be cut http://t.co/GFbCPrWDG1 #StoptheSequester

RepTimRyan (@RepTimRyan)

For 20 years, the Family & Medical Leave Act has been used 100 million times to protect families & workers. Happy 20th Anniversary #FMLA20!

FrankPallone (@FrankPallone)

#Sequester could cause 70,000 children to lose access to Head Start, 2,700 schools to lose Title I funding & risk 10,000 teachers’ jobs

RepGwenMoore (@RepGwenMoore)

To give our economy a foundation for growth, Congress must replace arbitrary sequester cuts with a balanced approach to deficit reduction.

SenatorReid (@SenatorReid)

Congresswoman Corrine Brown Calls on GOP to Act on Balanced Plan to Avert Automatic Spending Cuts http://t.co/RD7fCP6X07

RepCorrineBrown (@RepCorrineBrown)

300 Nevada children will lose Head Start & Early Head Start services under the sequester #stopthesequester #becarefulwhatyoucut

RepHorsford (@RepHorsford)

Sample of representative media tweets:

Sequestration cuts to education programs threaten to widen education gap between rich and poor http://t.co/oa91R5BHIY

thinkprogress (@thinkprogress)

Sequestration cuts have eliminated Head Start services for more than 57,000 children nationwide http://t.co/yvFbifgjVk

msnbc (@msnbc)

Poor Face Most Pain As Automatic Budget Cuts Take Effect http://t.co/T5hZME7dvM

nytimes (@nytimes)

Rosa Parks statue unveiling lets Obama and Boehner draw a veil over rivalry http://t.co/U9PGGpe8Hr via @rayajalabi

GuardianUS (@GuardianUS)

Sequestration cuts to Meals on Wheels taking effect http://t.co/53gNCDi3eP

HuffPostPol (@HuffPostPol)

This statue of Rosa Parks was unveiled today at the Capitol. She is the 1st black woman to have a statue there http://t.co/R82ppEwMie #icymi

thinkprogress (@thinkprogress)