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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Reasoning and Clarity. Average 74 / 100
Signal
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Reasoning
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Respect
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Clarity
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Procedure 7% Claims 70% Reasoning 14% The ask 4% Positioning 5%
Structure · 16 steps
Claims · 2
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. President, Procedure · 3 words one more time. Procedure Claims · 7 words The resolution invites the House to participate. Procedure · 3 words The resolution says: Procedure Claims · 104 words Please Speaker, please, minority leader, appoint people to participate. We recognize that Ways and Means have to originate this bill. I wish we could have passed the PROMISE Act, but there were objections to passing the PROMISE Act which would have had to have been passed by the House as well.1 So in this, working as well as we can, knowing that Social Security is getting worse and worse by the day, we invite them to participate with the understanding that they could put in whatever they want. Unearned certainty The argument of my colleague from Oregon is that we somehow have a solution baked in. Reasoning · 4 words That is not true. Claims · 6 words This is only a process bill. Reasoning · 25 words And if the House wants to advance a bill which taxes billionaires, by golly, they can do it. They can do it under this bill. Claims · 24 words Right now, they can’t, because there is no mechanism for that bill to advance. We are creating a mechanism by which it can advance. Procedure · 2 words And so, Procedure Reasoning · 11 words if you want to tax the billionaires, we create the opportunity. The ask · 11 words If you want to do nothing, you vote against this bill. False choice Procedure · 6 words I have got limited time left, Procedure Claims · 52 words and I don’t feel like sitting back and being a good politician when I should be a good Senator, working to fix Social Security because every day it gets worse and every day the law- required cut-in benefits to beneficiaries increases.2 Unearned certainty It doesn’t get better by waiting 2 years; it gets worse. Positioning · 14 words And opposing this resolution is like basically turning a blind eye to that deterioration. Positioning False choice Unearned certainty Procedure · 4 words I yield the floor. Procedure
At a glance
Lost points for Procedure ×5 Unearned certainty ×3 False choice ×2 Positioning
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What the tags mean →
Signal · 86
6 of 11 deductions are Signal
Signal checks whether every part makes a point, gives a reason, or asks for action. A low score means the speaker filled time with fluff, pleasantries, or attacks.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “one more time.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “The resolution says:” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “And so,” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I have got limited time left,” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “And opposing this resolution is like basically turning a blind eye to that deterioration.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I yield the floor.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · no score
Not applicable: nothing to answer. Excluded from the average.
Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue.
Reasoning · 75
2 of 11 deductions are Reasoning
Reasoning checks for sound logic and solid support for any conclusion. A low score means the speaker made unsupported leaps or used weak arguments.
False choice Two options presented as if they were the only ones. What the tags mean → “If you want to do nothing, you vote against this bill.” It presents voting for the bill or doing nothing as the only options, ignoring reasons to oppose this process bill while still favoring action.
False choice Two options presented as if they were the only ones. What the tags mean → “And opposing this resolution is like basically turning a blind eye to that deterioration.” It treats opposition to this resolution as the same as ignoring deterioration, though a reader could oppose the resolution for other reasons.
Conclusions found · 4
Conclusion “This is only a process bill.”
Because “So in this, working as well as we can, knowing that Social Security is getting worse and worse by the day, we invite them to participate with the understanding that they could put in whatever they want.”
“That is not true.”
Conclusion “We are creating a mechanism by which it can advance.”
Because “Right now, they can’t,”
“because there is no mechanism for that bill to advance.”
Conclusion “If you want to do nothing, you vote against this bill.”
Because Given in the same sentence
Reason flawed It presents voting for the bill or doing nothing as the only options, ignoring reasons to oppose this process bill while still favoring action.
Conclusion “And opposing this resolution is like basically turning a blind eye to that deterioration.”
Because “and I don’t feel like sitting back and being a good politician when I should be a good Senator, working to fix Social Security because every day it gets worse and every day the law- required cut-in benefits to beneficiaries increases.”
“it gets worse.”
Reason flawed It treats opposition to this resolution as the same as ignoring deterioration, though a reader could oppose the resolution for other reasons.
Respect · no score
Not checked: graded before this measurement existed. Excluded from the average.
Respect checks whether the speaker argued with people’s positions and records rather than attacking the people: insults, mockery, or bad motives assigned to them. Criticism of what someone did, however strong, is not marked.
Clarity · 61
3 of 11 deductions are Clarity
Clarity checks for plain speaking, clear ownership of actions, and honest limits on certainty. A low score means vague promises or evasive language.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “knowing that Social Security is getting worse and worse by the day” Asserts certainty with no source for the deterioration trend.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “every day it gets worse” States a trend as certainty without citing a figure or source.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “turning a blind eye to that deterioration” Asserts the motive-equivalent framing as fact rather than a checkable claim.
Claims · 2
This list shows the factual statements you can check for yourself: the words as said, and the claim restated to stand on its own.
1 “there were objections to passing the PROMISE Act” There were objections raised to passing the PROMISE Act, a bill which would also have had to be passed by the House. search 2 “and I don’t feel like sitting back and being a good politician when I should be a good Senator, working to fix Social Security because every day it gets worse and every day the law- required cut-in benefits to beneficiaries increases.” Under current law, the required cut in Social Security benefits to beneficiaries increases over time. search
