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The average of Signal, Relevance and Clarity is 51. The grade is held to 30, 30 above Relevance. 30 / 100, held down by Relevance
Signal
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Relevance
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Respect
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Procedure 11% Claims 66% Positioning 23%
Structure · 9 steps
Claims · 15
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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 21 words I yield myself such time as I may consume. I will continue to talk about the accomplishments of the 119th Congress. Procedure Claims · 28 words House Republicans, so far in the 119th Congress, have passed the Working Families Tax Cut Act, 1 which delivered the largest middle- and working-class tax cuts in U.S. history. Positioning · 21 words That cannot be refuted, Mr. Speaker. Unearned certainty It cannot. Unearned certainty Anyone who tries to do that is themselves living in an alternate universe. Positioning Unearned certainty Claims · 140 words We expanded 529 education accounts. We saved American farms by allowing farmers to spread tax payments on sales over 4 years if the land continues to be used for agriculture purposes.2 We doubled the small business expensing limit.3 We permanently extended the small business deduction.4 We delivered a $6,000 bonus deduction to seniors on Social Security.5 We eliminated the tax on auto loan interest for American-made cars.6 We permanently increased the child tax credit to $2,200.7 We eliminated the tax on overtime.8 We eliminated the tax on tips.9 We created Trump accounts to help children begin saving for their future.10 We permanently allowed businesses to immediately deduct domestic R&D expenses.11 We permanently doubled the death tax exemption.12 We permanently increased the standard deduction.13 We ended taxation of suppressors, short-barreled rifles, 14 and short-barreled shotguns. We repealed the green corporate welfare subsidies.15 Off point Mr. Speaker, Positioning · 39 words we don’t have enough time in the time allotted for this rule debate today to list all of the wonderful things that this House of Representatives and this Congress have done to improve the lives of the American people. Positioning Off point Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 7 words I reserve the balance of my time. Procedure
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Lost points for Off point ×24 Positioning ×4 Procedure ×3 Unearned certainty ×3 Off topic None of this speech addressed the bill under debate and what it would change.
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Signal · 64
7 of 34 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 → “I yield myself such time as I may consume.” 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 will continue to talk about the accomplishments of the 119th Congress.” 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 → “That cannot be refuted, Mr. Speaker.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “It cannot.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “Anyone who tries to do that is themselves living in an alternate universe.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “we don’t have enough time in the time allotted for this rule debate today to list all of the wonderful things that this House of Representatives and this Congress have done to improve the lives of the American people.” 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 reserve the balance of my time.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 0
24 of 34 deductions are Relevance
Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue. Measured against the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “I will continue to talk about the accomplishments of the 119th Congress.” Announces a shift to discussing the 119th Congress’s record instead of the mining bill.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “House Republicans,” Partisan framing of House Republicans rather than the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “so far in the 119th Congress, have passed the Working Families Tax Cut Act,” References the Working Families Tax Cut Act, not the mining bill.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “which delivered the largest middle- and working-class tax cuts in U.S. history.” Touts tax cuts unrelated to the bill under consideration.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “That cannot be refuted, Mr. Speaker.” Insistence that the tax-cut claim stands, with no connection to the mining bill.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “It cannot.” Continues the off-topic tax-cut point.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Anyone who tries to do that is themselves living in an alternate universe.” Insult directed at critics of the tax law, unrelated to the mining bill.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We expanded 529 education accounts.” Describes 529 account expansion, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We saved American farms by allowing farmers to spread tax payments on sales over 4 years if the land continues to be used for agriculture purposes.” Describes farm tax provisions, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We doubled the small business expensing limit.” Describes small business expensing, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We permanently extended the small business deduction.” Describes the small business deduction, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We delivered a $6,000 bonus deduction to seniors on Social Security.” Describes a senior deduction, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We eliminated the tax on auto loan interest for American-made cars.” Describes auto loan interest tax, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We permanently increased the child tax credit to $2,200.” Describes the child tax credit, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We eliminated the tax on overtime.” Describes overtime tax, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We eliminated the tax on tips.” Describes tips tax, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We created Trump accounts to help children begin saving for their future.” Describes Trump accounts, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We permanently allowed businesses to immediately deduct domestic R&D expenses.” Describes R&D expensing, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We permanently doubled the death tax exemption.” Describes the death tax exemption, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We permanently increased the standard deduction.” Describes the standard deduction, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We ended taxation of suppressors, short-barreled rifles,” Describes firearm taxation, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “and short-barreled shotguns.” Continues the firearm taxation point, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We repealed the green corporate welfare subsidies.” Describes repeal of green subsidies, not the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “we don’t have enough time in the time allotted for this rule debate today to list all of the wonderful things that this House of Representatives and this Congress have done to improve the lives of the American people.” Praises the Congress’s record generally rather than addressing the mining bill or the rule.
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 · 90
3 of 34 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 → “That cannot be refuted” Declares the tax-cut claim beyond dispute while offering no source or evidence for it.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “It cannot” Restates the certainty of the claim with nothing offered to back it.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “living in an alternate universe” Treats any disagreement as delusion rather than citing a source for the claim.
Claims · 15
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 “so far in the 119th Congress, have passed the Working Families Tax Cut Act, ” House Republicans in the 119th Congress passed the Working Families Tax Cut Act. search 2 “allowing farmers to spread tax payments on sales over 4 years if the land continues to be used for agriculture purposes” The Working Families Tax Cut Act allows farmers to spread tax payments on land sales over 4 years if the land continues to be used for agriculture. search 3 “We doubled the small business expensing limit” The Working Families Tax Cut Act doubled the small business expensing limit. search 4 “We permanently extended the small business deduction” The Working Families Tax Cut Act permanently extended the small business deduction. search 5 “We delivered a $6,000 bonus deduction to seniors on Social Security” The Working Families Tax Cut Act provides a $6,000 bonus deduction for seniors on Social Security. search 6 “We eliminated the tax on auto loan interest for American-made cars” The Working Families Tax Cut Act eliminated the tax on auto loan interest for American-made cars. search 7 “We permanently increased the child tax credit to $2,200” The Working Families Tax Cut Act permanently increased the child tax credit to $2,200. search 8 “We eliminated the tax on overtime” The Working Families Tax Cut Act eliminated taxation of overtime pay. search 9 “We eliminated the tax on tips” The Working Families Tax Cut Act eliminated taxation of tips. search 10 “We created Trump accounts to help children begin saving for their future” The Working Families Tax Cut Act created ‘Trump accounts’ to help children save for their future. search 11 “We permanently allowed businesses to immediately deduct domestic R&D expenses” The Working Families Tax Cut Act permanently allows businesses to immediately deduct domestic R&D expenses. search 12 “We permanently doubled the death tax exemption” The Working Families Tax Cut Act permanently doubled the estate (death) tax exemption. search 13 “We permanently increased the standard deduction” The Working Families Tax Cut Act permanently increased the standard deduction. search 14 “We ended taxation of suppressors, short-barreled rifles,” The Working Families Tax Cut Act ended taxation of suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns. search 15 “We repealed the green corporate welfare subsidies” The Working Families Tax Cut Act repealed certain clean energy (green energy) tax subsidies for corporations. search
