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Topic usage by elites: 0.37% all, 0.30% Senate Democrats, 0.41% Senate Republicans, 0.50% House Democrats, 0.26% House Republicans.
Top Members of Congress: @RepPhilGingrey (R-GA), @SenThadCochran (R-MS), @RepCuellar (D-TX), @RepGeneGreen (D-TX), @RepPerlmutter (D-CO)
Topic usage by media and public: 0.42% Media, 0.31% informed public, 0.16% random users, 0.34% Democratic supporters, 0.29% Republican supporters.

Sample of representative tweets by Members of Congress:

Another month, another positive jobs report. Our economy added 236,000 jobs in Feb & unemployment rate fell to 7.7%, lowest in 4+ years.

RepThompson (@RepThompson)

Unemployment dropped to 7.5% and we added 165K jobs in April - the 38th straight month of private job growth. Let's continue to improve.

RepMarkTakano (@RepMarkTakano)

W/ 50 months of job growth, #jobsreport shows strong progress. Now we must #raisethewage & #renewui to build an economy that works for all.

RepTierney (@RepTierney)

Official unemployment rate drops to 7.4% while creating more jobs in the private sector. 44 months of positive job growth

GerryConnolly (@GerryConnolly)

February #jobs report shows economy added 236k jobs and unemployment fell to 7.7%, lowest rate in 4 years. http://t.co/EWEqqmE74y

Rep_Adam_Smith (@Rep_Adam_Smith)

The unemployment rate dropped as our economy added 162,000 jobs in July – the 41st consecutive month of private sector job growth!

RepMarkTakano (@RepMarkTakano)

Sample of representative media tweets:

BREAKING: Economy adds 162,000 jobs in July; unemployment rate drops to 7.4 percent

HuffPostPol (@HuffPostPol)

Breaking News: U.S. Economy Adds 175,000 Jobs, and Unemployment Rate Ticks Up to 6.7% http://t.co/14jFEhwJcE

nytimes (@nytimes)

BREAKING: Employers added 165,000 jobs in April as unemployment rate falls to four-year low of 7.5 percent, Labor Department reports

CBSNews (@CBSNews)

The unemployment rate dropped to 6.1% in June, the lowest since September 2008. #edshow #ObamaEconomy http://t.co/sYLTU6UtRQ

edshow (@edshow)

U.S. added 214,000 jobs in October. Unemployment rate fell to 5.8% - lowest level since 2008. http://t.co/IHGGjNVBa8 http://t.co/jkRyNdDsIV

WSJ (@WSJ)

50 straight months of private sector job growth = 9.2 million jobs since March 2010. #RenewUI #RaiseTheWage #edshow http://t.co/5zmsvD3xJ4

edshow (@edshow)