Floor Charts

Happy Halloween courtesy the C-SPAN library.

Ranking Member Raskin Grills FBI Dir. Kash Patel in Opening Statement at Judiciary Hearing: “You’ve Left All of Us Less Safe” Washington, D.C. (September 17, 2025)—Today, Rep.

Ranking Member Raskin Grills FBI Dir. Kash Patel in Opening Statement at Judiciary Hearing: “You’ve Left All of Us Less Safe” | U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats share.google/eGS1GSscfC9t...

So the FBI Director wrote a series of children's books (via @raskin.house.gov)

I post sometimes but man, life gets busy! Thanks for tagging :)

I should note for the in-session numbers, I just added:

January: House was in session 15 days. Senate was in session 20 days.

February: House was in session 15 days. Senate was in session 15 days.

Combined "days" they were in session: 65

This number doesn't even take into account all the committee charts! I know I missed some.

(It also doesn't account for staff time, etc. in the costs.)

They used more than 250 in January across both chambers.

250 x $50 = $12,500

They used more than 325 in February across both chambers.

325 x $50 = $16,250

(President Trump used a few, too. Tariffs. Gulf of America.)

Congress used more than 560 charts, props, and posters in January and February of this year.

They were in session 65 days those two months.

That's roughly 8 charts/day.

If the average chart is $50, they spent $28,000 in two months.

(January + February top 2 attached.)

FloorCharts.substack.com

No school on Saturday, Senate!

I'm probably long overdue but here you go:

The top frequently asked questions about FloorCharts and Congress.

Including but not limited to:

How much do these cost?
Who and why do we print these?
Who uses more charts anyway?!

and more

open.substack.com/pub/floorcha...

I stumbled upon some archival charts that led me down a rabbit hole of the California Congresswoman who eventually lost a senate race to Richard Nixon.

But before that: she was an actress who learned how to work media for a purpose.

More here: floorcharts.substack.com/p/prop-flash...

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), speaking, gesturing with his hand, standing next to a supply-demand chart for electricity.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), speaking, gesturing with his hand, standing next to a supply-demand chart for electricity, now with an anime character Photoshopped onto the chart.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), speaking, gesturing with his hand, standing next to a supply-demand chart for electricity, now with a larger anime character Photoshopped onto the chart.

Really, Senator Whitehouse? Just a black Sharpie on white poster-board?

Disappointed cc @floorcharts.bsky.social

Tag me, cowards!

Ha, yup

For both parties 😂

Man, what a trip. Walking Mont St Michel was a bucket list experience!

#travel
#france
#hiking

Hello France. You're lovely.

#travel

Nancy Mace.

I interrupt charts to bring you stormy cat

So here's the deal: they CAN drop images and video into the feed directly in the House and Senate. They have! They should!

One thing I love about the replica Senate Floor at the EM Kennedy Center in Boston is the big screen behind the dais & digital voting screens (both of which do not *actually* exist in either chamber in Congress)

Should also note that you're not allowed to bring screens on to the House floor (ie no powerpoints) and committee rooms do have screens, but the majority controls them, and they're still not as effective as a good ol' sign.

Mostly the printing and graphics office which are great and do quick turnaround. Some of the partisan offices (Caucus/Conference) have large format printers that stick on to poster boards too.

The NPR, PBS Grift Has Ripped Us Off for Too Long For years, American taxpayers have been on the hook for subsidizing National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which spread

to be honest, consider me disgusted seeing all the liberals be snide and focus on the slug part of this press release

and not the fact they’re publicly trying to defund public media for REPORTING ON TRANS PEOPLE

Sorry for the delay! There is a printing office. Staff luse regular old software in some cases. (One news outlet tried to get access to the printing office and was denied!)

I'm sure @yuribeckelman.bsky.social could enlighten us too

Here's a C-SPAN clip from the 90s
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Be more like a cat

HI! IT'S ME!

Meme charts here again

Tariffs in chart form