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Topic usage by elites: 0.59% all, 0.72% Senate Democrats, 0.29% Senate Republicans, 1.27% House Democrats, 0.07% House Republicans.
Top Members of Congress: @RepHorsford (D-NV), @RepPaulTonko (D-NY), @RepPeterDeFazio (D-OR), @RepDanKildee (D-MI), @repsandylevin (D-MI)
Topic usage by media and public: 0.35% Media, 0.05% informed public, 0.01% random users, 0.30% Democratic supporters, 0.04% Republican supporters.

Sample of representative tweets by Members of Congress:

CBO warns that failure to extend unemployment insurance could cost 200k jobs. R's need to act now & help #RenewUI http://t.co/cxcoLPE4Vc

RepLindaSanchez (@RepLindaSanchez)

More than 3 million Americans have now lost unemployment insurance because of Congress’ failure: http://t.co/f5qyDP8KTI

RepJohnYarmuth (@RepJohnYarmuth)

RT @ChrisVanHollen: Every week that @SpeakerBoehner refuses to allow a vote to #RenewUI, 72,000 more Americans lose a vital lifeline. http:…

john_dingell (@john_dingell)

Failure to renew the unemployment insurance extension will hurt families and cost the economy 240,000 jobs in 2014.

keithellison (@keithellison)

House GOP should not cancel emergency unemployment insurance for millions of Americans. Tell Congress to act & #renewUI

SenJackReed (@SenJackReed)

72,000 Americans will lose unemployment insurance each week Congress fails to act. We need a renewal of emergency unemployment insurance now

keithellison (@keithellison)

Sample of representative media tweets:

Benefits for 1.3 million jobless Americans will expire this weekend after Congress failed to renew the program http://t.co/Vuom4q4iO5

GuardianUS (@GuardianUS)

Obama pushes Congress to extend emergency unemployment benefits http://t.co/ojvWLCyRGP

CBSNews (@CBSNews)

Jobless aid will expire for 1.3 million Americans this weekend. Will Congress restore them? http://t.co/o1oCf3vTmT http://t.co/KzYNC10yUw

msnbc (@msnbc)

House failed to take up a bill to extend unemployment insurance. Is there hope left for the long-term unemployed? http://t.co/vSwQuqqmJT

MotherJones (@MotherJones)

States lost $400 *million in one week because Congress let unemployment benefits expire http://t.co/edrPCWEjwT

thinkprogress (@thinkprogress)

What will it take for GOP to help 2 million long-term unemployed Americans who lost their benefits? http://t.co/TwTtsSzCHu #edshow #RenewUI

edshow (@edshow)