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Topic usage by elites: 0.57% all, 0.95% Senate Democrats, 0.20% Senate Republicans, 1.06% House Democrats, 0.08% House Republicans.
Top Members of Congress: @SenatorBarb (D-MD), @RepLoisFrankel (D-FL), @repdonnaedwards (D-MD), @JoyceBeatty (D-OH), @rosadelauro (D-CT)
Topic usage by media and public: 0.24% Media, 0.05% informed public, 0.04% random users, 0.29% Democratic supporters, 0.05% Republican supporters.

Sample of representative tweets by Members of Congress:

Today is Equal Pay Day, but women still earn just 77 cents for every $1 a man earns. Why we must pass the Paycheck Fairness Act.

NitaLowey (@NitaLowey)

50 yrs after Equal Pay Act was signed, women make just 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. RT if you think it's time for #equalpaynow

RepJoeKennedy (@RepJoeKennedy)

Today is #equalpayday. Women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. It's time to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act! #fem2

RepMaloney (@RepMaloney)

Today is #EqualPayDay - proud to support #PaycheckFairnessAct and Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Women deserve equal pay for equal work.

RepStephenLynch (@RepStephenLynch)

Today is Equal Pay Day but women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. We must pass the Paycheck Fairness Act #equalpayday

janschakowsky (@janschakowsky)

50 years after the Equal Pay Act, women earn just 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. RT if you believe equal work deserves #equalpay

RepJimCosta (@RepJimCosta)

Sample of representative media tweets:

Standing ovation: "In 2014, it's an embarassment. Women deserve equal pay for equal work." #SOTU

USATODAY (@USATODAY)

Op-ed by Lilly Ledbetter: Obama and Congress must do more to ensure women earn equal pay http://t.co/yx4x2Zjs7j

washingtonpost (@washingtonpost)

In real estate, women only make 61 cents for every dollar men make #equalpayday http://t.co/VAsguQ7imI

thinkprogress (@thinkprogress)

Op-ed by Lilly Ledbetter: Obama and Congress must do more to ensure women earn equal pay http://t.co/dQlAMscytG

washingtonpost (@washingtonpost)

Women earned 76.5 cents for every $1 that men did last year. Gender pay gap has barely budged in a decade. http://t.co/G6LtQgbfYA

WSJ (@WSJ)

Why women still make 77ยข to a man's dollar 50 YEARS after the Equal Pay Act became law http://t.co/4YjzEJ2CEy

thinkprogress (@thinkprogress)