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Is Congress getting dumber? A new study found that members of both houses speak at a 10th grade level — a whole grade lower than in 2005.
Moderate members tend to speak more eloquently than partisans and — in a trend reversal from the previous decade — Democrats rate higher on the scale than Republicans, the research shows.
At the ends of the spectrum, according to the findings, are two Republican House members: the loquacious Rep. Dan Lungren of California, at the level of a college senior, and the plainspoken Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, whose level is just below an eighth-grader.
(via reuters)
