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Topic usage by elites: 0.39% all, 0.24% Senate Democrats, 0.57% Senate Republicans, 0.18% House Democrats, 0.57% House Republicans.
Top Members of Congress: @BennieGThompson (D-MS), @Call_Me_Dutch (D-MD), @RepThomasMassie (R-KY), @RepMikeRogers (R-MI), @rep_stevewomack (R-AR)
Topic usage by media and public: 0.95% Media, 0.35% informed public, 0.06% random users, 0.46% Democratic supporters, 0.80% Republican supporters.

Sample of representative tweets by Members of Congress:

Thanks to @MarshaBlackburn for cosponsoring my bill #HR176 to end free government cell phones! http://t.co/YHHXsv6bAx #ar2 #lifeline

RepTimGriffin (@RepTimGriffin)

RT @ToddRokita: $325m on supplies and travels and the FAA furloughs air traffic controllers? http://t.co/Vdbbz3Vb7U #ObamaFlightDelays

SenDanCoats (@SenDanCoats)

FACT: If FAA finds 1% savings in nearly $10B budget = avoid furloughing air traffic controllers, delaying flights #ObamaFlightDelays

RepLoBiondo (@RepLoBiondo)

RT @TransportGOP: FAA delays travelers & furloughs air traffic controllers but its #budget increased 110% since '96 #ObamaFlightDelays …

RepKinzinger (@RepKinzinger)

The #FAA budget has increased 110% since 1996. Why then is the FAA furloughing air traffic controllers? #ObamaFlightDelays can be avoided

farenthold (@farenthold)

FAA furloughs of air traffic controllers, leading to flight delays across the country, is a manufactured crisis.

JohnCornyn (@JohnCornyn)

Sample of representative media tweets:

Boston bombing suspect under FBI surveillance for years, says mother http://t.co/jijaeDa6Sd

GuardianUS (@GuardianUS)

Boston bombing suspect will not be treated as enemy combatant, White House says http://t.co/2ShAaDse5p

HuffPostPol (@HuffPostPol)

FAA to inspect hundreds of control towers after lightning injures an air traffic controller. http://t.co/Ibkvs41nGt http://t.co/3xGeiWI0Yi

YahooNews (@YahooNews)

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote note indicating Boston bombing was payback for attacks against Muslims, official says: http://t.co/mMhRfXvF0F

CNN (@CNN)

Dead Bombing Suspect Spent 6 Months out of US in 2012: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Marathon bombing suspect killed ... http://t.co/torJi7qPof

BreitbartNews (@BreitbartNews)

UPDATE: At WH Press briefing, Jay Carney says Boston bombing suspect will not be tried as an enemy combatant.

CBSNews (@CBSNews)