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Topic Usage Over Time:

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Topic usage by elites: 0.55% all, 0.25% Senate Democrats, 0.19% Senate Republicans, 1.71% House Democrats, 0.07% House Republicans.
Top Members of Congress: @JacksonLeeTX18 (D-TX), @repbenraylujan (D-NM), @RepCicilline (D-RI), @RepMcLeod (D-CA), @RepWilson (D-FL)
Topic usage by media and public: 0.39% Media, 0.13% informed public, 0.41% random users, 0.19% Democratic supporters, 0.06% Republican supporters.

Sample of representative tweets by Members of Congress:

Across MD, #sequester slashes 200 teacher & aide jobs, putting education of 12,000 boys & girls at risk.

SenatorBarb (@SenatorBarb)

RT @i_am_TOSHASTARR: Let’s show these girls that we love them and working for their safe return to their families. #BringBackOurGirls #Joi…

RepWilson (@RepWilson)

RT @i_am_TOSHASTARR: Brutality like #BokoHaram that is unchecked & unpunished poses a threat to innocent people everywhere. #BringBackOurG…

RepWilson (@RepWilson)

RT @i_am_TOSHASTARR: We are not going away. We will not be silenced. Today is the day to #BringBackOurGirls! #JoinRepWilson

RepWilson (@RepWilson)

This week is the 58th anniversary of Ike’s Federal Aid Highway Act. Let’s renew the Hwy Trust Fund & #RebuildAmerica. http://t.co/5smv1mqbnQ

RepGaramendi (@RepGaramendi)

Today marks #100Days since the Nigerian schoolgirls' kidnapping. RT if you care. #BringBackOurGirls #JoinRepWilson http://t.co/FBUkU1mnTI

JuliaBrownley26 (@JuliaBrownley26)

Sample of representative media tweets:

U.S. 'Global Hawk' drone joins search for kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls http://t.co/wyBPyjY99g

NBCNews (@NBCNews)

Boko Haram Video Appears to Show Kidnapped Nigerian Girls Praying http://t.co/fJQfKeDhls

nytimes (@nytimes)

Boko Haram claims responsibility for the abduction of Nigerian school girls http://t.co/Sny0xBVx0E

ajam (@ajam)

'I Abducted Your Girls.' Boko Haram leader claims responsibility for kidnapping of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls http://t.co/E4dncGIxP4

NBCNews (@NBCNews)

Boko Haram claims responsibility for kidnapping Nigeria schoolgirls http://t.co/eM02MEJUXY #BringBackOurGirls

GuardianUS (@GuardianUS)

Video reportedly shows missing Nigerian girls abducted by Boko Haram http://t.co/vs5lPx3e3d #BringBackOurGirls http://t.co/lH4M7ThtTV

NewsHour (@NewsHour)