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Senate Floor: FLAG DESECRATION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Topics
Entities
Moderation
7 Speakers
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Speakers
Joe Biden Joe Biden said 417 sentences of a total of 1038 sentences.
41%
Joe Biden said 7830 words of a total of 17418 words.
45%
Ernest Hollings Ernest Hollings said 349 sentences of a total of 1038 sentences.
34%
Ernest Hollings said 5919 words of a total of 17418 words.
34%
Orrin Hatch Orrin Hatch said 113 sentences of a total of 1038 sentences.
11%
Orrin Hatch said 1860 words of a total of 17418 words.
11%
Strom Thurmond Strom Thurmond said 46 sentences of a total of 1038 sentences.
5%
Strom Thurmond said 899 words of a total of 17418 words.
6%
Paul Simon Paul Simon said 46 sentences of a total of 1038 sentences.
5%
Paul Simon said 558 words of a total of 17418 words.
4%
The Presiding Officer The Presiding Officer said 39 sentences of a total of 1038 sentences.
4%
The Presiding Officer said 184 words of a total of 17418 words.
2%
Robert Byrd Robert Byrd said 17 sentences of a total of 1038 sentences.
2%
Robert Byrd said 132 words of a total of 17418 words.
1%
Full Transcript
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.51083
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Violence
0.0728030631
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0051526167
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0048100581
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0025554375
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0011474303
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0009194427
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001322125
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001065073
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
4.97672E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
8.1763E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.7185E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
50.7
Gunning-Fog Score
5.7
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
6.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.3
Sprache Readability Score
2.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
Joe Biden
That is what I wish to speak to, Mr. President.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.402
Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.247347937
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0241953545
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0101954043
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0033864326
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0007881577
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0007137387
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0004092583
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.000309541
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.43842E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
8.7728E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.4556E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
0
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
100
Gunning-Fog Score
2
Coleman-Liau Index
4.8
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
0
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.4
Sprache Readability Score
1.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
2
Sprache Difficult Word Count
2
Joe Biden
Mr. President, we have had some discussion this morning, we will have some more discussions this afternoon, and some discussion tomorrow as well, on a constitutional amendment to protect the flag.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.19722
VADER
0.572
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.5213635042
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.019838252
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0130206143
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0013316137
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0006706351
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0006198012
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.000362985
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0002912946
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
9.35896E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
1.54777E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
6.7486E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
46.5
Gunning-Fog Score
15.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
10.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
2.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
5
Joe Biden
Nothing symbolizes what we might call our national spirit like the flag. In times of crisis it inspires us to do more. In times of tranquility it moves us to do better. And, at all times it unifies us in the face of our diversity and of our difference.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.45199
VADER
0.772
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.0265646086
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0145139595
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0115197909
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0039606246
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.00243103
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0014022956
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0005029836
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0002856891
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
6.64812E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.39811E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.5608E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
75.3
Gunning-Fog Score
9.8
Coleman-Liau Index
8.1
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
3.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.8
Sprache Readability Score
2.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
10
Sprache Difficult Word Count
9
Joe Biden
There are those who believe that we should not, under any circumstances, and no matter how it is worded, write an amendment into the Constitution to protect the flag because they believe there is no way to do that without damaging an even more cherished right, our right to say whatever we wish to say when we wish to say it without the Government acting as a censor, without the Government choosing among our words, which are appropriate and which are not.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.42857
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.42857
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.78846
VADER
0.713
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.4637021106
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0513043429
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0196445457
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0154602152
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0048408292
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0006874159
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0003608285
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001820186
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001372545
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
8.76183E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
7.0397E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
0
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
10.7
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
11
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Joe Biden
I understand their view and I respect it. I believe, as strongly as I believe anything about this debate, that those against the amendment in question are no less patriotic, no more un-American, no less American, no better, no worse than those who share the view that the amendment in question is an appropriate way to protect the flag, which really means to speak to our national spirit and consensus that exists in America about what we stand for. The so-called culture norms people often speak to.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.38462
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.38462
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.74721
VADER
0.124
Leans Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.1271120505
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0334977551
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0081336228
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0031940908
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0026282116
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0002007702
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0001790716
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.000156217
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
6.29017E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
5.65902E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.4199E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
48.4
Gunning-Fog Score
15.9
Coleman-Liau Index
10.8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.8
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
24
Joe Biden
I respect their motives and I respect their views. But they are not mine. Although it is arguably not necessary to enshrine in the Constitution a way of protecting the flag, I believe that written properly, I believe stated properly, it can in fact legitimately be placed in the Constitution without doing damage to any of the other elements of our Constitution. But I should say up front that the amendment in question, in my view, does not do that. I say this as one who has made it his business here on the floor, along with my friend from Vermont, whom I see on the floor, and others, of sometimes being out of step in the minds of many people in terms of protecting the civil liberties of persons in this country to say what they wish to say, to publish what we do not wish them to publish, and to take actions we find reprehensible. But the Senator from Vermont, myself, and others believe they are guaranteed under the first amendment.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.125
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.125
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.23639
VADER
0.927
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
11.817317456
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.1309699845
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0103240251
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0049693685
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0026647151
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0019320723
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001109723
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
3.64303E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.49901E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
7.4184E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.0839E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
55.8
Gunning-Fog Score
14.8
Coleman-Liau Index
9.8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
31
Sprache Difficult Word Count
32
Joe Biden
The first amendment does not say that you can only say things which reflect insight. The first amendment does not say you have to be bright. The first amendment does not say you have to be right. All the first amendment says is that you can say what you wish to say in relation to speech, and the Government cannot censor what you say no matter how, with notable exceptions, how much we do not like what is being said.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.66667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.66667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.29928
VADER
0.564
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
57.765853405
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.063624786
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0152390217
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0017760249
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0003294446
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.000177278
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0001237085
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
5.27712E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
4.64338E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
6.9442E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.4778E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
76.6
Gunning-Fog Score
11.5
Coleman-Liau Index
8.6
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
8.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3
Sprache Readability Score
4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
10
Sprache Difficult Word Count
11
Joe Biden
But I believe that the flag stands alone, and that is a legitimate way to protect our flag as the singular and unifying symbol of a diverse people in need -- I would add in urgent need sometimes -- of common ground. America is the most extraordinary nation on Earth.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.61904
VADER
0.34
Somewhat Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.2591363853
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0216789471
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0053830343
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0019394602
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0016136903
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0003964875
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
3.56873E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.54093E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
3.03769E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
1.43903E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
3.2315E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
52.1
Gunning-Fog Score
14.6
Coleman-Liau Index
10
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.5
Sprache Readability Score
4.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
10
Sprache Difficult Word Count
10
Joe Biden
I realize those who are here in the galleries who may be from other countries, or those who listen to this on CNN, or C-SPAN -- if it is carried -- will say, "Isn't that a typical American assertion, a chauvinistic assertion?" "We are the most extraordinary nation on Earth." We are extraordinary in the sense not that we are better as individuals, not that we are smarter, not that we are wiser, more generous, or less venal than other people, but the genius of America is the American system, a system that takes into account our significant diversity which in other countries -- that diversity I am referring to -- and in other systems creates great strife.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.58779
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.625
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.625
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.34993
VADER
0.946
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.0766381505
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0135387614
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0034807126
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0002317252
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
3.85212E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
3.29238E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
2.8144E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.006E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
1.1706E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.0726E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.908E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
31.1
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
10.6
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
31
Sprache Difficult Word Count
28
Joe Biden
We take that diversity, which in other countries creates strife, and we have turned it into strength. That is not very easy to do. People often fear diversity. The fact that we are black and white does not automatically generate fellowship and harmony. The fact that we are Christian, Jew, and Moslem does not send us running into one another's embrace to herald our differences. The fact of the matter is that people fear that which is different. It is a human condition.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.333
Somewhat Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.0287033268
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0100893078
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0029224371
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0011793346
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0002420364
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001166267
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
8.75288E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
8.36187E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
6.92696E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
5.89174E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.6385E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
67.4
Gunning-Fog Score
9.6
Coleman-Liau Index
11
SMOG Index
10.1
Automated Readability Index
5.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.2
Sprache Readability Score
3.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
20
Joe Biden
Our diversity naturally pushes us apart, not together. But what holds us together as a nation, Mr. President, is not a common language, although I think that is necessary; not a common world view, which I do not think is necessary. What holds us together is a common commitment to a system of government, a covenant of goodwill, of tolerance, of equality, and freedom, that is enshrined in the Constitution. And the flag stands as the single most important symbol of that covenant. It is the story of all we have been and the symbol of what we wish to become.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.75
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.75
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.75786
VADER
0.915
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.1526598819
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0318172388
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0242199589
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0164060402
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0026881638
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0015797665
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.0014531111
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0008033134
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0006907648
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001393799
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.65554E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
59.1
Gunning-Fog Score
12.7
Coleman-Liau Index
10
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
7.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.7
Sprache Readability Score
4.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
25
Sprache Difficult Word Count
23
Joe Biden
To me, the flag is much more than the sum of the stars and the stripes. It sounds corny to say, and to listen to it sometimes, but it is also idealistic. I believe that it is important even more now than then for all Americans to feel like a family. Like all families we have our problems. We squabble with each other. We misunderstood each other. And we hurt each other in countless ways. But at the end of the day we still need to feel like a family under one roof bound together by shaped and shared values, and a shared sense of respect and tolerance.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.45455
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.45455
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.8873
VADER
0.964
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.1209642156
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0588022522
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.026657444
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0158006093
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.005579073
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0042093754
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0002819259
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
3.39181E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
3.00855E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.1688E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.0785E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
78.8
Gunning-Fog Score
8.7
Coleman-Liau Index
8
SMOG Index
9.7
Automated Readability Index
4.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.6
Sprache Readability Score
3.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
15
Joe Biden
It is the flag that symbolizes those shared values and which reminds us of how the shared covenant of respect and tolerance has to be maintained. It is the flag under which we as a diverse and sometimes divisive community can come together as one. And it is the flag that flies high and proud over our Nation's home.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.6
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.6
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.22378
VADER
0.931
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.4433811642
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.1279342803
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.1103356597
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0439322263
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0244191353
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.001211168
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0002647368
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0002114225
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0001783973
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
9.73494E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
6.66942E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
66.4
Gunning-Fog Score
12.6
Coleman-Liau Index
9.5
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
8.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.2
Sprache Readability Score
4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
12
Sprache Difficult Word Count
12
Joe Biden
But to say that the flag is worth protecting does not end our conversation. It is only, in my view, where we start, for we must ask how the flag should be protected. As we look to protect the flag, we must not lose sight of the first amendment and its guiding principles for, although the flag may stand alone, it should not and it cannot stand above our most cherished freedom of speech.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.77778
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.77778
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.7346
VADER
0.932
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.122380082
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0841294066
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0494246022
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0267283467
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0194587017
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.00401295
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0003382286
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0002259553
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
5.62686E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
3.90142E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.07397E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
73.2
Gunning-Fog Score
13.1
Coleman-Liau Index
8.5
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
10.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.9
Sprache Readability Score
4.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
8
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Joe Biden
Here is what I mean. At heart of the first amendment lies a very basic notion; that is, the Government cannot muzzle a speaker because it dislikes what he or she says, or discriminate between your speech and mine because it agrees with me but disagrees with you. That sort of viewpoint discrimination is most importantly what the first amendment forbids.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.94591
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.6
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.6
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.22378
VADER
-0.319
Somewhat Negative
Moderation
Harassment
0.6371296942
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.374916615
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0408063206
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0374373165
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0041303287
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0017301983
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0003456124
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
3.30644E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
1.00737E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
7.8564E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.3407E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
58.6
Gunning-Fog Score
12.1
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.1
Sprache Readability Score
4.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
12
Sprache Difficult Word Count
19
Joe Biden
As the Supreme Court has said, and I quote:
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.557
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.7917075418
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.7431003265
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.1108495751
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0497625966
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0174673536
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0048943213
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0007711758
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
9.96195E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.53699E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
2.15948E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.3185E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
100
Gunning-Fog Score
3.6
Coleman-Liau Index
5.8
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
0.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4
Sprache Readability Score
2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
2
Sprache Difficult Word Count
3
Joe Biden
Just last term, the Supreme Court forcefully reiterated its intolerance for viewpoint discrimination in the majority opinion of Rosenberger versus the University of Virginia. Justices Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy, and O'Connor -- Rehnquist, Scalia, and Thomas not accused of being a liberal triumvirate -- said:
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.42857
Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.42857
Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.78846
VADER
0.606
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.4981324077
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.3622346092
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0354592979
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0074170392
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0056240176
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0050431649
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0028822464
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0001394065
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
3.15536E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.74123E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
8.745E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
0
Gunning-Fog Score
17.9
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
9.9
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
24
Sprache Difficult Word Count
24
Joe Biden
The Government can tell us we may not blast our opinions over a loudspeaker at 3 a.m. in the morning. It can tell us that we cannot distribute obscenity and that we cannot spread libelous statements about one another. But it cannot apply different rules based upon the viewpoint of the broadcast, the obscenity, or the libel. It cannot say you cannot engage in that obscenity because of the viewpoint of the expression, you cannot broadcast something because of the viewpoint you are expressing, or you cannot say that about another person because of the viewpoint that you are expressing. It cannot apply different rules to Democrats and Republican, hippies and yuppies, rich and poor, black and white, or any other division in this country.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.94591
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.66667
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.66667
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.29928
VADER
0.179
Leans Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.1418951782
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0515080814
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0241795118
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0091595088
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0056700555
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.000940987
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0003148321
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001214932
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
1.31478E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.14143E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
6.8301E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
52.9
Gunning-Fog Score
12.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
10.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
4.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
27
Sprache Difficult Word Count
22
Joe Biden
It was on this point to protect the flag, while not doing violence to the core first amendment principle of viewpoint neutrality, that I wrote the Flag Protection Act of 1988. That act aimed to safeguard the physical integrity of the flag across the board by making it a Federal crime to mutilate, deface, physically defile, burn, maintain on the floor, or ground, or trample upon the American flag. It passed the Senate, was signed by the President, and it became law.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.07692
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.07692
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.1431
VADER
0.638
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.8245290257
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.1579145901
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0930430426
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0342342537
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0132481247
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0088086519
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001065216
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
4.9621E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
7.351E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.315E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
9.718E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
54.3
Gunning-Fog Score
15.3
Coleman-Liau Index
10.8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
26
Sprache Difficult Word Count
29
Joe Biden
The statute focused solely on the exclusivity of the conduct of the actor, regardless of any idea the actor might have been trying to convey, regardless of whether he meant to cast contempt on the flag, regardless of whether anyone was offended by his actions.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.51083
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-2.70805
VADER
-0.494
Negative
Moderation
Violence
1.7065942287
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.5047915969
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.1401907415
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0907024078
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0296132406
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0279257249
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0055985525
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0029451527
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.0001154295
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0001152949
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
3.7554E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
22
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
11.9
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
8.5
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
18
Sprache Difficult Word Count
14
Joe Biden
The statute was written that way because, in my view and in the view of other of constitutional scholars, the Government's interest in preserving the flag is the same regardless of the particular idea that may have motivated any particular person to burn or mutilate the flag. Our interest in the flag is in the flag itself as the symbol of what we know in our hearts to be precious and rare and which flies high and proud over this place we call home, a precious and rare symbol of this Nation.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.83333
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.83333
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.03688
VADER
0.974
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.0452034612
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0245862902
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0202335767
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0101455931
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0007697424
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0005474041
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0004516922
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0003321438
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
2.21419E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
7.3314E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
5.58E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
36.9
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
9.7
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
18
Joe Biden
The flag's unique place in our national life means that we should preserve it against all manner of destruction. It does not matter whether the flag burner means to protest a war, or praise a war, or start a barbecue. It is the flag that is the treasured symbol -- not the obnoxious speech nor the positive speech that accompanies the burning of the flag -- that must be protected.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.51083
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.23077
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.23077
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.43532
VADER
-0.558
Very Negative
Moderation
Violence
0.7966323756
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.2419524128
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0938477286
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0443875499
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0191674961
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0027635289
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0002306255
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
8.5599E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
5.3687E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.4959E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.02E-8
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
64.4
Gunning-Fog Score
13.8
Coleman-Liau Index
10.3
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
10.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.1
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
17
Sprache Difficult Word Count
21
Joe Biden
We are here today deciding whether to add the 28th amendment to the Constitution, with a thought, I believe, that the flag is worthy of constitutional protection. Although I believe it is worthy of constitutional protection, I nevertheless must oppose the constitutional amendment that is before us now. I oppose it because, in my view, it puts the flag on a collision course with the Bill of Rights.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.94591
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.14286
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.14286
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.25131
VADER
0.511
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.1301254262
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0552378653
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0478164817
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.01496154
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0145099199
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0006980366
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001593505
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001283795
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
5.72108E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.02401E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
4.6934E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
48.2
Gunning-Fog Score
14.9
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
4.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
14
Joe Biden
Again, the purpose of these amendments is to protect the flag as if we are going to protect a tombstone, as if we are going to protect the national eagle, as if we are going to protect it as the most precious of those symbols. It does not matter to me whether someone comes with a sledgehammer and defiles a tombstone of a war hero by saying, "I do this because I do not think this slate of granite warrants being on top of your sacred body." I do not care whether they do it when they smash it because they say, "I do this because I protest you and the war that you fought in," and so on. The end result is the tombstone is destroyed.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.22222
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.22222
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.42744
VADER
0.585
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.330674299
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0201984178
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0133730544
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0025617472
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0018480179
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0008519971
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001985426
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.36959E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
8.9147E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
6.0717E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.4505E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
64.7
Gunning-Fog Score
14
Coleman-Liau Index
7.1
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.1
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
20
Sprache Difficult Word Count
25
Joe Biden
That is the story I want to get across about the flag. If it is the flag we wish to protect and not amend the first amendment, not make choices among the types of speech we can engage in, then let us protect the flag -- nothing else. As I said, I do not care whether someone takes that flag and lights the flag and burns it in this Chamber offering it up as a sacred symbol for all who died in the name of this country or grabbed it and burned it because they are protesting the grotesque policy of the United States on such and such. The end result is the national symbol is burned. And when we go beyond protecting merely the symbol, we go to choosing, making choices among the types of speech we will allow Americans to engage in.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.4
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.4
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.80235
VADER
0.825
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.7986925542
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.3624096746
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.1186806243
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0310776668
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0226158401
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0004540018
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0003213384
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0003079646
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
8.7976E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
5.5814E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
4.8962E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
64.2
Gunning-Fog Score
13.4
Coleman-Liau Index
8
SMOG Index
10.9
Automated Readability Index
11.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
29
Sprache Difficult Word Count
30
Joe Biden
I oppose the amendment because it puts the flag on a collision course with the Bill of Rights. Let me expand on that. The proposed amendment gives the Congress and the 50 States the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag. And that word "desecration" is loaded. It is loaded with ambiguity. It is laden with value. And it will inevitably lead to trouble. To desecrate, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.58779
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.06667
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.06667
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.12516
VADER
0.7
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
12.320420891
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.8723882027
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.2551599173
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.205586548
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0748790335
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0180039322
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0016871623
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0002340338
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
6.1794E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
7.22E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
4.49E-8
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
68.5
Gunning-Fog Score
10.1
Coleman-Liau Index
9.9
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.2
Sprache Readability Score
3.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
18
Sprache Difficult Word Count
21
Joe Biden
Here is what the dictionary says desecrate means:
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Harassment
2.2922663018
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
1.373987738
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.1843104837
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.1393709914
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0629547692
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0012673209
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0010473758
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0002228286
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
2.51089E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
7.7483E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.3823E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
50.7
Gunning-Fog Score
13.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
6.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
1.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
2
Sprache Difficult Word Count
2
Joe Biden
So to determine whether an action desecrates, we must first make a value judgment about what the message the actor is trying to convey is. We usually talk about desecration in terms of our religious values -- to desecrate a cross or a crucifix, to desecrate a menorah, to desecrate a temple, to desecrate a church, to desecrate a sacristy, to desecrate a host. Although I revere the flag, I do not put the flag on the same level as the sacred symbols of our varying religions. It is a different thing. We have never decided that any of our civil actions should rise to the level of spiritual undertaking. And so when you talk about desecration, you have to understand that you are applying and allowing the application of value judgments that we will attach to the actions of the actor who is desecrating the flag.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.71429
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.71429
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0.758
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
3.8111817092
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.2183323959
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0309380761
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.015820509
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0113105743
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0001740985
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001314979
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
5.35824E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
2.58583E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.59916E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.5953E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
47.1
Gunning-Fog Score
16.9
Coleman-Liau Index
10.5
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.7
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
42
Sprache Difficult Word Count
38
Joe Biden
Does he mean to profane the flag? What does that mean? Obviously, we have to determine that subjectively, whether it profanes the flag. Does her action treat the flag irreverently or contemptuously? Is the flag being put to an unworthy use?
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.8473
VADER
-0.687
Very Negative
Moderation
Harassment
1.640163362
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.2049024682
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.1384483417
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.050052593
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0127527921
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0057947695
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0008687017
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0003940313
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001108514
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.04895E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.01972E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
66.5
Gunning-Fog Score
9.1
Coleman-Liau Index
11.9
SMOG Index
9.5
Automated Readability Index
4.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
2.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
10
Sprache Difficult Word Count
11
Joe Biden
When we make those kinds of value judgments, we are not making the act of burning the flag a crime. We are making the message behind the act the crime. I will refer to this later. But is it in fact putting the flag to an unworthy use to put it on the side of a hot dog vendor's stand? Maybe that is all right. In one community, they may say that is a good idea.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.38462
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.38462
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.74721
VADER
-0.691
Very Negative
Moderation
Harassment
18.4966877103
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.1850309665
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.1548391883
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.1427484211
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.006032889
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0043316024
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0043207645
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0003572259
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0002879611
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.96681E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.7277E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
4.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
88.2
Gunning-Fog Score
6.6
Coleman-Liau Index
5.6
SMOG Index
7.3
Automated Readability Index
2.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.5
Sprache Readability Score
3.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
12
Joe Biden
How about the guy who runs the pornographic theater, and on one side of the marquee he puts some lewd and obscene or profane or pornographic title of a film being shown inside and on the other side he drapes the American flag. Is that putting it to an unworthy use?
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.51083
VADER
-0.778
Very Negative
Moderation
Violence
0.4017231986
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.2886428265
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.2162377583
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.100417668
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0246908719
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0084094536
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0031760697
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0005971627
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001946442
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.61459E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
6.4367E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
59.9
Gunning-Fog Score
13.3
Coleman-Liau Index
8.7
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
10.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
10
Sprache Difficult Word Count
15
Joe Biden
How about the woman who buys the revealing thong bikini that is made in a flag. Is that profaning the flag? Is she to be arrested?
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
-0.536
Very Negative
Moderation
Harassment
5.8435026556
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.1030713785
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0758623413
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0643615727
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0627994945
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0059108635
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0019225388
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0014573857
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001510164
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.7578E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.8584E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
4.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
80.9
Gunning-Fog Score
9.6
Coleman-Liau Index
7.3
SMOG Index
9.9
Automated Readability Index
1.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.5
Sprache Readability Score
2.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
5
Sprache Difficult Word Count
5
Joe Biden
How about the woman who buys the $5,000 sequin dress that has a flag on it? Is that profaning the flag? Does it matter what her figure is like to determine what use the flag is being put to?
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.19722
VADER
0.484
Positive
Moderation
Harassment
3.2757189125
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.38484002
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.2227525692
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0525621115
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0352205505
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0003004573
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001715125
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.000104017
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.4667E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
1.35483E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.5159E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
3.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
91.8
Gunning-Fog Score
7.3
Coleman-Liau Index
5.2
SMOG Index
7.9
Automated Readability Index
2.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.2
Sprache Readability Score
2.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
4
Sprache Difficult Word Count
5
Joe Biden
I rode in a parade recently in my home State, and it was a parade that was honoring the war dead. It was Memorial Day. We went by on Union Street in Wilmington, DE, the home of a black veteran, and he proudly had his flag flying on his front porch on a row house, and on the other side of the flag sewn perfectly so it was the exact same size was the African national symbol, black, red, and green. Is that profaning the flag? He meant it out of respect. He was a war veteran. If I am not mistaken, he had been president of one of our veterans organizations. Is that profaning the flag? Well, in Maine, maybe it would not be profaning the flag. In southern Delaware or Alabama it maybe would be viewed as profaning the flag.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0.51083
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.16667
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.16667
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.31015
VADER
0.612
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.0291766162
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0196264416
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0092601702
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0067357774
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.006455987
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0037808295
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0010276608
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0005783899
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
5.3636E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
4.08094E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.8139E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
75.1
Gunning-Fog Score
9.6
Coleman-Liau Index
7.5
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
4.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.8
Sprache Readability Score
4.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
28
Sprache Difficult Word Count
27
Joe Biden
Who makes those choices -- the local constable, the local cop, the local censor? That is the crux of my objection to this amendment. It makes not the act but the message the crime. And in doing so it gives the Congress and the States license to discriminate between types of speech they like and types of speech they do not like. But you do not have to take my word for it.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.61904
VADER
-0.632
Very Negative
Moderation
Harassment
0.0084437175
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0004719205
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.000305691
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.000277134
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0002083847
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
8.37865E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
2.09914E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
1.1723E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.1101E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.29E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
4.97E-8
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
4.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
85.3
Gunning-Fog Score
8.5
Coleman-Liau Index
8.1
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
4.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.2
Sprache Readability Score
3.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
16
Sprache Difficult Word Count
17
Joe Biden
Back in the bad old days, when I was chairman of the Judiciary Committee and subsequently as the ranking member, we held extensive hearings about the exact same amendment 5 and 6 years ago, and we heard from its authors, then members of the Bush administration, noble and honorable men, and they pulled no punches to this question. They admitted right out that the goal was to allow the Government to discriminate between bad flag burners and good flag burners.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.09091
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.09091
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.16705
VADER
0.361
Somewhat Positive
Moderation
Sexual
0.0345116801
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0325064029
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0280920882
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0035853813
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0029085106
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0028358285
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0027583763
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0012118843
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0008726174
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.0005750789
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.85172E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
38.3
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
11.6
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.9
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
15
Sprache Difficult Word Count
23
Joe Biden
More specifically, then Assistant Attorney General William Barr, who became Attorney General of the United States, and a fine one, in my view, in 1989 said that the message, "Would permit the legislature to focus on the kind of conduct that is really offensive." He said that there is "an infinite number of forms of desecration and that States would have substantial discretion in fashioning flag laws." One year later, Acting Assistant Attorney General Michael Luttig testified that the goal of the amendment was to "punish only actors that were intending to convey contempt." Now, when I heard him say that, I wanted to make sure I did not misunderstand, so I asked Mr. Luttig point blank, would it be permissible under this amendment to pass laws discriminating between types of expression -- not types of burning; you use the same match, same flag -- but the type of expression that went along when you were burning the flag. Was that the purpose? And he said, "That is correct. You could punish that desecration which you thought was intended to be disrespectful toward the flag and not that which in your judgment was not." If I am not mistaken, I remember the example I gave. I said, how about if there are two veterans at the war memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial, and they each go down and they have their own flag, and he kneels down before the wall, one of them, and one happens to be a woman. And she takes out the flag, very respectfully, puts it in an urn, puts a little lighter fluid on it and lights it, and says, "I'm offering this flag up to purify the soul of my deceased husband whose name is on the wall and fought valiantly for his country in a noble effort." And another Vietnam veteran comes down and kneels down, takes out an urn, puts a flag in it, and puts lighter fluid on it and lights it, and says, "I'm offering this flag up in anger for the wasted lives of my friends and brothers who are on this wall" -- in anger -- "for what my country did to them." If there is a park cop, a D.C. cop standing there, what does he do? And he says, "Arrest the veteran who said he is burning this flag out of anger, but do not arrest the widow who is burning this flag to honor." That will be the first time in the history of the United States of America we passed a law that was constitutional -- because, by definition, a constitutional amendment will be constitutional -- that said, "Government, you can choose to punish those who say things you don't like, and let those who say things you do like go for the same exact physical act that they engage in." Now, ladies and gentlemen, how does that stop? Where does that stop? Do we really want the Federal Government, let alone the 50 States, to be able to make those judgments that we have never allowed before? Lest anyone say to me that things have somehow changed this year, I point to the committee report that was just published by the Judiciary Committee. The majority views make it clear that viewpoint, neutrality -- that issue I talked about earlier -- is neither a goal nor an attribute of the proposed legislation.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.86667
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.86667
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.26868
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.23636
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.23636
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.47291
VADER
-0.98
Very Negative
Moderation
Harassment
47.0933109522
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
1.7286609858
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.6147856358
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.385580631
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0651442388
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0581192493
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0044173561
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0009712848
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0008574822
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0004882791
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.41086E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
59.7
Gunning-Fog Score
14.1
Coleman-Liau Index
9.6
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
112
Sprache Difficult Word Count
111
Joe Biden
Here is what the attending committee report to this constitutional amendment says: "The committee," meaning the Judiciary Committee, "does wish to empower Congress and the States to prohibit contemptuous or disrespectful physical treatment of the flag. The committee does not wish to compel the Congress and the States to penalize respectful treatment of the flag." You all think I am kidding about this? Any of the people in this Chamber who listened, you get 1,000 catalogs in the mail, everyone from L.L. Bean to, I do not know, all these catalogs. Look at the catalogs you get for swimsuits. Look at them -- not even ones you asked to have sent to you -- and you will see the swimsuits, men and women's are flags -- a flag. In some parts of my community, someone wearing a one-piece swimsuit with a flag on it would not be viewed as disrespectful, someone wearing a two-piece swimsuit would maybe not be, someone wearing a bikini may very well be. And you think -- I know this is funny, but it is real. It is real. These are real things. You are going to empower some local cop, some local community, to make a judgment. If I show up in boxer shorts, a kind of swimsuit with a flag on it, no problem. If some young, 19-year-old, muscle-bound guy shows up in a bikini with it on, well, they may say that is kind of offensive, that is too revealing.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.03704
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.03704
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.07146
VADER
-0.86
Very Negative
Moderation
Harassment
65.8586263657
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.2682458377
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0040440831
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0032232947
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0018238081
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0008544023
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0002276463
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.000155409
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
5.30597E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
3.3764E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.5025E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
70.8
Gunning-Fog Score
11.1
Coleman-Liau Index
8.8
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
6.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
53
Sprache Difficult Word Count
41
Joe Biden
Is that the business we want to get into? And, by the way, what is a flag? Is the flag a decal? You stick a decal on the side of a hot-dog vendor stand. Well, what is that? What happens if they take these little flags, these little decal things they hand out and put pins on -- some are stickers -- and burn one of those? Is that desecrating the flag? Is that the business we want to get into as a nation?
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.6
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.6
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.09861
VADER
0.782
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
6.9543704391
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.3574932925
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.2949774498
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.2773958258
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.076219911
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0253949052
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0068347479
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0046665453
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0002751216
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.72221E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.22315E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
2.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
95.4
Gunning-Fog Score
4.6
Coleman-Liau Index
5.8
SMOG Index
5.3
Automated Readability Index
1.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.2
Sprache Readability Score
2.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
6
Joe Biden
Also, this year the proponents of this amendment highlighted the testimony of former Assistant Attorney General Charles Cooper. Here is what former Assistant Attorney General Charles Cooper had to say a few months ago.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.3979
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Harassment
88.3357644081
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
12.9318490624
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
3.0627999455
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.2433858579
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0525658485
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0177929454
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0018625722
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0004693733
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0002962353
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0002546897
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
4.3027E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
32.8
Gunning-Fog Score
11.5
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.3
Sprache Readability Score
3.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
14
Sprache Difficult Word Count
10
Joe Biden
[P]ublic sentiment is not neutral.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Harassment
1.3766434975
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
1.1521711946
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.8280145004
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.1128809876
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0018146822
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0015268206
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0012259297
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
7.14932E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
3.16021E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.4041E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.944E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
49.5
Gunning-Fog Score
10
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
5.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
9.7
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
3
Joe Biden
Parenthetically, I would note that is a profound observation.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Harassment
8.2581616938
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.1845341409
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.1701153116
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.1431097393
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0045288642
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0013412695
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0003969855
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.000198494
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
7.40615E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
8.5137E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
8.705E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
28.5
Gunning-Fog Score
8
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
9.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.7
Sprache Readability Score
2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
3
Joe Biden
I believe that, too. It makes my blood boil when I read the testimony of that young guy standing on the floor on the steps of the capitol in Texas saying, "Red, white, and blue, I spit on you," and burning a flag. They are the kind of things that -- fortunately, most of us were not around -- they are the kind of things that literally start fights with people who do not have a lot of self-control in circumstances like that. And I probably would fit in that category.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.95551
VADER
0.318
Somewhat Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.885938853
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0444002275
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0293710065
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0133543217
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0050714745
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0008487686
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.000270111
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0002191682
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
9.4844E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.4592E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
5.0625E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
74
Gunning-Fog Score
12.1
Coleman-Liau Index
7.8
SMOG Index
10.8
Automated Readability Index
8.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.4
Sprache Readability Score
4.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
17
Joe Biden
But what is the difference? We are going to allow -- obviously, public sentiment is not neutral on anything. It is not neutral on what we say about -- I happen to be a Roman Catholic. It is not neutral on how some of the far-right folks talk about my church. I do not like the way they talk about the Pope. I do not like the kind of comments they make. I find it offensive. I happen to be a member of the largest single denomination in the United States of America because 33 percent of us are Catholic. There are more Catholics in here than any other single denomination in the Congress, if I am not mistaken.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.067
Neutral
Moderation
Harassment
4.9917463213
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.6277429406
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.2475743182
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0751951011
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0160539537
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0068545123
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0024165534
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0002580361
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001290743
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.19593E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.04083E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
71.6
Gunning-Fog Score
8
Coleman-Liau Index
7.8
SMOG Index
10.1
Automated Readability Index
4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.5
Sprache Readability Score
4.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
21
Sprache Difficult Word Count
24
Joe Biden
Should we pass a law saying, "It offends me. It offends me. You can't say those things about my church"? Is that a good idea? That is content. That is content.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.19722
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
-0.536
Very Negative
Moderation
Harassment
3.8930870593
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.3978330176
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.1141578192
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0963911007
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0758322014
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0010641768
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0002398668
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001478399
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.26811E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
1.25443E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.1356E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
1.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
95.2
Gunning-Fog Score
3.4
Coleman-Liau Index
6.8
SMOG Index
5.6
Automated Readability Index
0
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.3
Sprache Readability Score
1.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
6
Sprache Difficult Word Count
5
Joe Biden
So when we talk about the public is not neutral, they are not neutral on anything. Should people have a right to stand up and offend us as some do and make pro-Communist speeches or what about these defiling Nazi types around this country? What about these militia guys, some of whom wear swastikas? I am not labeling all militia people, but some are. The white supremacists -- it makes my blood boil when I hear what they say about our country, about Jews, about blacks. But, guess what, folks? They are entitled to say it. It offends all of us, 95 percent of us.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.09091
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.09091
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.16705
VADER
-0.718
Very Negative
Moderation
Violence
3.6975838244
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
2.5218861178
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
1.5038051642
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.47172294
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0949527835
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0032919295
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0015985283
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0007863034
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0007247709
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
6.24677E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.84299E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
79.9
Gunning-Fog Score
8.3
Coleman-Liau Index
8.8
SMOG Index
9.3
Automated Readability Index
4.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.8
Sprache Readability Score
4.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
21
Sprache Difficult Word Count
23
Joe Biden
So if I decide, as Mr. Cooper says, public sentiment is not neutral, it is not neutral on that, it is not neutral on the Ku Klux Klan, it is not neutral on white supremacist organizations, it is overwhelmingly opposed, so because it is not neutral, we go with a majority sentiment? Are we prepared to say that? Are we prepared to outlaw their speech? Well, it would make me feel good. I would like to do it. But if we go for them today, who do we go for next?
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.61904
VADER
0.882
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.2674632473
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.2260382753
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.1911394531
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.075907103
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0140178381
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0011273317
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.0005729297
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0002723388
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0002412812
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001582552
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0001414495
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
78.4
Gunning-Fog Score
8.3
Coleman-Liau Index
7
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
3.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.9
Sprache Readability Score
3.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
16
Joe Biden
How about the time when people stood up 40 years ago and made speeches about black equality, made speeches about the rights of blacks to participate in our society? The majority of folks in certain parts of the country, including my State, were not for that. Would they be able to pass a law in the State of Delaware saying you cannot say that? "You're a rabble-rouser, talking about that 19 percent of my population that is black having equal rights." Probably a significant portion of the American public is offended by some of the more militant aspects of the gay and lesbian movement who stand up and make speeches about what their rights are. The fact that it is not neutral, that we are not neutral on that subject as a nation, then we have a right to outlaw it?
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.46667
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.46667
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.93827
VADER
0.349
Somewhat Positive
Moderation
Harassment
1.5942370519
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.1325589721
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0507267774
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0305905472
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0264635426
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0005601245
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001385106
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001060657
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.55964E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
1.5272E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.2177E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
64.3
Gunning-Fog Score
12.6
Coleman-Liau Index
9.4
SMOG Index
11.7
Automated Readability Index
10.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
25
Sprache Difficult Word Count
35
Joe Biden
I believe that this whole argument misses -- the argument made by those who talk about whether we are neutral on it or not, that we should be able to act on what we are not neutral about -- misses the greatest constitutional point.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.51083
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-2.3979
VADER
-0.026
Neutral
Moderation
Violence
0.168711436
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0464243349
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0463491859
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0292232784
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0080756588
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0063877371
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0054059212
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0003225102
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.000134674
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.9856E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.1137E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
47.4
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
9.7
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.7
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
5
Joe Biden
It misses, indeed, the genius of the first amendment. Here in America the majority, by and large, does not get to choose what can and cannot be said by the minority, or by anyone else for that matter. And the Government, more importantly, is constitutionally restrained from deciding what speech is good and what speech is bad. But that is precisely what the proponents of this amendment say it would do and should do. Let me be precise.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.14286
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.14286
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.25131
VADER
0.042
Neutral
Moderation
Harassment
0.0503555872
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0043788499
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0036202884
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0030163905
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0013491078
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
7.95244E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
5.9422E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
3.21068E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.5197E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.8059E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.1283E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
64.1
Gunning-Fog Score
11.4
Coleman-Liau Index
10.5
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
7.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.4
Sprache Readability Score
3.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
16
Joe Biden
That is what the senatorial and congressional proponents of this amendment mean for it to do. I really do not believe the vast majority of the members of the American Legion and the vast majority of veterans groups and the vast majority of Americans know that it will do this. I do not think they thought that one through. But that is precisely what the proponents of the amendment say it would do and should do. They would have the flag emblazoned with the slogan "Government is great" treated differently than one that says, "Government is rotten." Get that flag, put on it, "The U.S. Government is great." Does that deface the flag? Put on the same flag, "The U.S. Government is rotten," and what is that? Is that OK? Well, as a U.S. Senator who has occasionally had some scurrilous things said about him because I am part of the Government and because I am who I am, I sure would like to have the power to pass a law saying, "You can't say bad things about me, I'm part of the Government, only good things about me. If they are bad things, you can't say them." I would like all the newspaper editors in America to understand that from now on, we may have an amendment that you cannot say anything bad about a U.S. Senator, notwithstanding the fact we deserve it and I deserve it.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.58779
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.3
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.3
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.58779
VADER
0.936
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.1121151843
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0323645305
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0067772387
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0044442211
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0027388349
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0005469819
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0002841902
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.00014892
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001397028
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
7.0277E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.468E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
75
Gunning-Fog Score
9.1
Coleman-Liau Index
8.5
SMOG Index
10.6
Automated Readability Index
4.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.8
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
34
Sprache Difficult Word Count
36
Joe Biden
Under this amendment, the State could send to jail the fringe artist displaying the flag on the floor of an art museum while giving its blessing to a veteran who displays the flag on the ground at a war memorial. That, I believe, is not content neutral.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.58779
VADER
0.178
Leans Positive
Moderation
Harassment
1.5111484565
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0328351278
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0137161318
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.010043884
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0021800439
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.000929112
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0003826864
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0002031967
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.34898E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
3.91024E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
3.3132E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
66
Gunning-Fog Score
12.8
Coleman-Liau Index
9.5
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
10.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.2
Sprache Readability Score
4.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
15
Joe Biden
The State could, as I said, arrest the widow who burns the flag to protest the war that took her husband's life while smiling on the widow who burns the flag in memory of her fallen husband. I believe this type of viewpoint discrimination exacts too high a constitutional price to protect the flag. As Justice Jackson so memorably put it in the flag statute case of 1943:
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.45199
VADER
-0.202
Slightly Negative
Moderation
Harassment
2.2547354922
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.1155752689
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0326804759
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0237682412
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0052189422
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0002008221
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
5.79005E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
4.69291E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
4.44101E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.9053E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.1803E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
65.6
Gunning-Fog Score
11.4
Coleman-Liau Index
9.7
SMOG Index
9.9
Automated Readability Index
10.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.8
Sprache Readability Score
4.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
16
Sprache Difficult Word Count
18
Joe Biden
What it boils down to is this: This amendment, as presently drafted, allows the Government to pick and choose, to make flag burning illegal only in certain situations involving only certain circumstances and only if carried out by certain people and only for the time in question, because 2 years later, 5 years later, 20 years later, 40 years later, it can change.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.58779
VADER
0.178
Leans Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.4924965557
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.1609426923
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0748992665
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0515939726
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0104887971
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
7.94863E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
5.00899E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
3.64561E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.22213E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.0114E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.4556E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
18
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
11
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
15
Joe Biden
This discrimination is precisely and most profoundly what the first amendment forbids, and the amendment that works this kind of discrimination does not protect the flag, it censors speech.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.14286
Leans Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.14286
Leans Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.25131
VADER
-0.608
Very Negative
Moderation
Violence
0.1628022525
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0738894567
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0568974065
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0244661176
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0055930715
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0004264921
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0002485071
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0002141666
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0002134557
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
7.06491E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.10335E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
37.4
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.8
Sprache Readability Score
4.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
8
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7
Joe Biden
Another problem with the amendment is that it fails to define the word "flag." This would add yet another layer of difficulty in interpretation and application and open the door further to inconsistencies among the States. Again, each State would have considerable discretion to craft its own definition, and, again, the possibilities are nearly endless. As Assistant Attorney General Barr testified, the legislation would be able to criminalize conduct dealing not only with the flag as we know it but with, and I quote, "descriptions of the flag, such as posters, murals, pictures, buttons or other representations of the flag." Indeed, Mr. Barr, in speaking in favor of such a sweeping definition, said that it would, and I quote again, be: "consistent with the Government's interest in preserving the flag's symbolic value because it recognizes that the desecration of representations of the flag damage that interest as much as the desecration of the flag itself." So in Maine, it might be a crime to draw a flag being fed into a shredding machine. In California, it might be a crime to wear a sequined dress in the pattern of a flag or a flag bikini or T-shirt. In Mississippi, the legislature might make it a crime to put a flag decal on the side of a hot dog vending machine.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-3.04452
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.07143
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.07143
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.13815
VADER
-0.854
Very Negative
Moderation
Violence
0.278691249
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.1833362505
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.035743785
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0148089457
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0101498408
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0100733596
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0081981059
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0051827665
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.0005429934
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0003413788
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
7.12644E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
47.2
Gunning-Fog Score
14.7
Coleman-Liau Index
11.5
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
58
Sprache Difficult Word Count
62
Joe Biden
This sort of disparity among State laws, whether it is over the meaning of "desecration" or the definition of "flag," is especially inappropriate here where we are talking about the Nation's symbol. This is not the symbol of Mississippi or Delaware, Alabama, South Carolina, California, Maine, or Montana. It is the national symbol. The reason it is worth preserving is because it unifies this diverse Nation, and the notion that a single State can determine what that should be is, on its face, preposterous.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.94591
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.45199
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.0346035638
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0163658711
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0105827938
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0076938704
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0053426073
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0008342252
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0007344172
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001581369
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.20882E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.7977E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.5779E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
40.5
Gunning-Fog Score
13.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.1
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
27
Sprache Difficult Word Count
31
Joe Biden
I understand that there is a possibility that the distinguished Senator from Alabama, Senator Heflin, and others, may have an amendment to amend this amendment to take out the right of the States to do this. I am not sure of that, but that is what I understand. That would be a positive step, because it is, on its face ludicrous -- ludicrous -- to allow each State to determine how much they are going to protect the national symbol.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.6
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.6
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.22378
VADER
0.607
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.0804765907
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0446529419
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0350669696
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0346169254
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0259732624
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0228827397
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0079506193
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0017247981
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0011892123
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
5.56966E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.09569E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
53.5
Gunning-Fog Score
16
Coleman-Liau Index
10
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
15
Sprache Difficult Word Count
16
Joe Biden
Some States in the past, and I do not say this disrespectfully, decided it should not be our national symbol and decided to have another flag. I do not want any State telling me what that symbol should be and how it should be treated. It is a national symbol.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
-0.023
Neutral
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.0627202739
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0376465236
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0121134493
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0100361103
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0079257523
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0021949492
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0007812931
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0006450335
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
3.16161E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.24201E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.4902E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
71.5
Gunning-Fog Score
11.5
Coleman-Liau Index
8.3
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
6.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4
Sprache Readability Score
3.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
10
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7
Joe Biden
It is a symbol of the Nation, not of the States, and an amendment which will foster a crazy quilt of laws all across the map misses the point and an important one: It will be more divisive than unifying.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.33647
VADER
-0.361
Somewhat Negative
Moderation
Violence
0.4601612687
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.1793481992
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.1425444614
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0194062668
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0193566288
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0094706957
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.003285785
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0020290337
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0011885591
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
5.04716E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
9.9818E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
54.1
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
7.8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.7
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
12
Joe Biden
Why is it any less reprehensible to burn a flag in Louisiana than it is in Montana? Why should we be able to wear a flag T-shirt in a wet T- shirt contest in Arkansas or Delaware and not in Florida or California?
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.60944
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Violence
0.0516786298
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0138562522
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0097842589
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0065004606
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.003499661
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0018757417
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0014673738
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0006545966
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0004054875
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0001154453
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.45276E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
57.6
Gunning-Fog Score
9.7
Coleman-Liau Index
6.4
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
7.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
4.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
9
Joe Biden
Moreover, constitutional rights and principles should know no geographic boundaries. A Delawarean should not be accorded greater freedom of speech than his neighbor across the way in Pennsylvania. A Californian should not have more due process rights than her cousin up north in the State of Washington.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.56495
VADER
0.374
Somewhat Positive
Moderation
Violence
5.8876957744
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
3.1681023538
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.4911782686
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.343055441
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.1391019556
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0759517483
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0333506643
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0017128501
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0006612663
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.0006166293
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
3.50289E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
43.3
Gunning-Fog Score
10.5
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.1
Sprache Readability Score
4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
18
Joe Biden
If we want to protect the flag, we should have one national viewpoint-neutral standard. The Constitution, after all, stands for proud and broad principles, not a patchwork of 50 different and idiosyncratic ideas. I agree that we should honor the flag. We should hold it high in our hearts and in our law, but we should not dishonor the Constitution in the process.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.4
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.4
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.76214
VADER
0.818
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
1.3209346682
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.5532776471
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.2347748261
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.029665741
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0167885824
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0101911464
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0055314264
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0004440668
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
7.97376E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
2.40074E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
6.6767E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
67.7
Gunning-Fog Score
9.5
Coleman-Liau Index
10.9
SMOG Index
10.8
Automated Readability Index
7.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.5
Sprache Readability Score
3.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
11
Sprache Difficult Word Count
15
Joe Biden
With all due respect for my good friends, Orrin Hatch and Howell Heflin, I think this amendment does violence to the core of the first amendment principle of viewpoint neutrality. This is the price that I am unwilling to pay. But more to the point, it is a price we do not have to pay to protect the flag. We can do both: Preserve the first amendment in viewpoint neutrality, and we can protect the flag and preserve the first amendment at the same time. And that is what the amendment I now propose seeks to do.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.09091
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.09091
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.16705
VADER
0.837
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
2.9086116701
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
2.6131011546
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
2.550785616
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.3484535031
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.3450641176
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.0483709067
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0480182789
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0419485732
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0014565757
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0005673376
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
4.44611E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
73.8
Gunning-Fog Score
11.9
Coleman-Liau Index
8.8
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.1
Sprache Readability Score
4.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
17
Joe Biden
Mr. President, I send the amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Harassment
0.0819157751
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0416312658
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0219482215
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0129761669
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0061084582
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0034026863
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0002248071
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
6.10745E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.33403E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
4.07753E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.86527E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
58.2
Gunning-Fog Score
11
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
4.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.6
Sprache Readability Score
2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
5
Sprache Difficult Word Count
5
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Harassment
0.1458449871
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0179291557
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0092308743
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0061943843
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0020777679
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.000582108
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001345374
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
6.07114E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
5.7066E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.659E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.6008E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
58.3
Gunning-Fog Score
1.4
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
5.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.4
Sprache Readability Score
1.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
1
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Joe Biden
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Moderation
Harassment
5.2698109299
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0921398867
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0293856545
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0036496145
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0021969807
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0002599506
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.16084E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.1104E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
1.8984E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
1.8862E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.028E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
63.9
Gunning-Fog Score
8.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
5.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.7
Sprache Readability Score
2.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
6
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Harassment
0.3935277928
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0790120044
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0447325467
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0059146805
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.005187924
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0002709221
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001213492
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
8.41797E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
7.44688E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
6.40135E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
5.52619E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
42.5
Gunning-Fog Score
6.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
5.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Joe Biden
Mr. President, I shall not seek to have a vote on the amendment at this time, under the order.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Harassment
0.0630258175
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0447387021
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0026488849
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0023694774
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0021304484
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0020329306
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0009838169
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0005962089
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
3.58143E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
6.2267E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.1565E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
90.3
Gunning-Fog Score
5.9
Coleman-Liau Index
6.5
SMOG Index
7.3
Automated Readability Index
1.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3
Sprache Readability Score
2.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
5
Joe Biden
My amendment is simple and straightforward. It leaves no room for guesswork about what it will mean. It gives the Congress the power to enact -- it is a constitutional amendment -- it gives Congress the power to enact a specific viewpoint-neutral statute, a statute making it unlawful to burn, mutilate or trample upon any flag of the United States, period. It does not matter who burns, mutilates, or tramples the flag, and it does not matter why. Under my proposal, it would be unlawful to do the flag harm, no ifs, ands, or buts. It makes a single exception for disposing of the flag when it has become worn or soiled, and it says a flag is what we all know a flag to be, that which is commonly displayed and is defined by the Congress. It rules out things like pictures of flags, napkins with flags on them, and other representations of the flag.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.94591
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.125
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.125
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.23639
VADER
-0.594
Very Negative
Moderation
Harassment
0.2086004009
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0627713103
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0315087964
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0038743485
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0033375269
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.001038916
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0002344024
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
7.12042E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
3.72894E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
7.5603E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.4787E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
64.3
Gunning-Fog Score
12.7
Coleman-Liau Index
9.6
SMOG Index
11.9
Automated Readability Index
10
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
31
Sprache Difficult Word Count
31
Joe Biden
My proposal also gives the Congress the power to write appropriate penalties for violating the statute. Let me say at the outset that I am the first to acknowledge that the restriction on flag burning is a restriction on expressive conduct. There are no two ways about it. When Gregory Johnson burned the flag at the Republican convention in 1984 and chanted the words "America, red, white, and blue, I spit on you," he was trying to say something. It may have been no more than an "inarticulate grunt or roar," as Chief Justice Rehnquist puts it, but it was communicative nonetheless.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
-0.519
Very Negative
Moderation
Violence
0.0374711846
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.010297144
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0094674899
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.007575428
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0027072503
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0014521497
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0007661837
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001753933
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0001268842
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.39403E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
4.641E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
59.2
Gunning-Fog Score
13.3
Coleman-Liau Index
11
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
10.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
27
Sprache Difficult Word Count
29
Joe Biden
So let us be honest, any attempt to limit flag burning does limit symbolic conduct, but that was just as true back in 1989 when 91 Senators voted for my Flag Protection Act, which made it a Federal crime to burn, mutilate, or trample on the flag. Let us be honest about another thing. This first amendment does not give symbolic conduct, or any other kind of speech, for that matter, limitless protection. You cannot burn a draft card to protest the war, and you cannot sleep in Lafayette Park to protest the homelessness of America; you cannot spray paint your views on the Washington Monument; you cannot blast them from a sound truck in a residential neighborhood at 3 a.m. in the morning.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.3979
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.04762
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.04762
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.09097
VADER
-0.686
Very Negative
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.2096563112
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0756971887
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0099044817
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0033744982
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0003741285
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0002857594
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0002017827
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
3.30889E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.68734E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.52327E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.3276E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
63.2
Gunning-Fog Score
11.5
Coleman-Liau Index
9.9
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.8
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
30
Sprache Difficult Word Count
28
Joe Biden
When we prohibit flag burning, we are not interfering with a person's freedom to express his or her ideas in any number of other ways. As four Justices noted in the Eichmann case -- that is the one that declared my statute unconstitutional -- it may well be true that other means of expression may be less effective in drawing attention to those ideas, but that is not itself a sufficient reason for immunizing flag burning. Presumably, a gigantic fireworks display or a parade of nude models in a public park might draw even more attention to a controversial message, but such methods of expression are nonetheless subject to regulation.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.61904
VADER
0.539
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.1084112213
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0282772031
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0173756911
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0034190245
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0025867901
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0025133068
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0009409727
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
8.03604E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
7.05925E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.12741E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.03003E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
30.9
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.7
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
27
Sprache Difficult Word Count
34
Joe Biden
We limit the manner in which folks can express themselves all the time, as long as we limit everyone the same way. We cannot say that I can have a fireworks display and you cannot. We cannot say that one nude person could go through a park and another one cannot. We must treat all people the same -- as long as we do it the same way. But we do limit the ways in which we can express ourselves. And that, Mr. President, is precisely the point.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.94591
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.6
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.6
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.09861
VADER
-0.128
Leans Negative
Moderation
Harassment
0.039211259
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0222078175
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0172465792
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0139892218
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0034598077
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0002032614
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0001667566
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001212179
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.96105E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.66608E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.4987E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
4.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
86.3
Gunning-Fog Score
6.8
Coleman-Liau Index
7.5
SMOG Index
7.6
Automated Readability Index
3.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.8
Sprache Readability Score
3.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
12
Sprache Difficult Word Count
15
Joe Biden
We cannot let someone make a speech on top of the Capitol in favor of American involvement in Bosnia but tell the person with a contrary view that he cannot go up there and make the same speech. But we can tell them both, and everyone else, that no speeches can be made from the top of the Capitol dome. We just cannot choose among the speakers. We can, thus, restrict the time, place, and manner by which people express themselves. The thing we cannot do is regulate the content of their expression and discriminate between the various viewpoints being expressed.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.25
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.25
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.45199
VADER
-0.412
Negative
Moderation
Violence
0.2239160705
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0226094606
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0106236213
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0026108772
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0012111946
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0010844983
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0007103989
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.000555799
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
3.55216E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
4.2401E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
7.098E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
64
Gunning-Fog Score
11.2
Coleman-Liau Index
10.6
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
27
Joe Biden
I think that we can and that we should tell everyone they cannot burn the flag. I agree with Justices Warren, Fortas, and Black that the right to burn the flag does not sit at the heart of the first amendment. But I also agree with Justice Scalia when he said, "The Government may not regulate speech based on hostility or favoritism toward the underlying message expressed." The point of the first amendment is that the majority preferences must be expressed in some fashion other than silencing speech on the basis of content. Yes, I agree with Justices Scalia, Rehnquist, Thomas, Kennedy, and O'Connor in their strong and unequivocal condemnation of viewpoint discrimination just last term in the Rosenberg case. I remind my colleagues, nobody has ever accused Justice Rehnquist of being a radical or a liberal, or Justice Scalia of being a radical or a liberal, or Justice Thomas of being a liberal, and the list goes on. Flag burning may not sit at the heart of the first amendment, but the principle against viewpoint discrimination does sit at the heart of the first amendment.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.6
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.6
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.2381
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.2381
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.46262
VADER
0.963
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.7559294812
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0305448222
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0097448996
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0018597148
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0009200734
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0007084815
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0001910933
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001083648
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
8.62046E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
6.10051E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.4978E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
44.3
Gunning-Fog Score
16.2
Coleman-Liau Index
11.9
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
49
Sprache Difficult Word Count
43
Joe Biden
This is one of those defining constitutional principles that sets America apart and, in so many ways, above other nations. Here, the Government cannot regulate speech based on the viewpoint of the speaker. Here, the Government cannot pick and choose between speech it likes and speech it does not like, and criminalize what it rejects but not what it respects.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.14286
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.14286
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.25131
VADER
-0.248
Slightly Negative
Moderation
Harassment
0.0303696084
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.011474108
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0050996321
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0029285053
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0001439174
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
9.8939E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
2.2715E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.7714E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.6131E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.3515E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
1.0985E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
55.4
Gunning-Fog Score
11.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.9
Sprache Readability Score
4.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
11
Sprache Difficult Word Count
18
Joe Biden
That is the bedrock first amendment principle upon which my proposed amendment is based, and it is the principle -- the core principle, in my view -- that separates my proposal, my constitutional amendment, from the one proposed by Senators Hatch and Heflin.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Violence
0.0283834379
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0197973059
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0041030638
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0016273223
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0005821951
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0001783722
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
5.26039E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.95666E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.04442E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
7.2157E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.3424E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
18.7
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.8
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
15
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Joe Biden
Their amendment allows and, in fact, encourages viewpoint discrimination. Mine, flatly stated, prohibits it. Their amendment would send to jail a guy who burns the flag to protest the war, but not the guy who burns the flag to praise the war. My amendment would throw them both in jail, if that is what the Congress decides to legislate. Their amendment would make it a crime to walk on the flag at a college campus sit-in, but not at the war memorial. My amendment would criminalize both, if that is what the Congress legislated.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.02165
VADER
-0.712
Very Negative
Moderation
Harassment
0.3065077588
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.2383872867
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0405430794
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.03822367
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0064717366
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0008284637
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.000320223
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
4.9816E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
1.86251E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
6.4033E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
3.664E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
70.5
Gunning-Fog Score
11.4
Coleman-Liau Index
10.3
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
7.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.1
Sprache Readability Score
4.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
20
Sprache Difficult Word Count
20
Joe Biden
In my view, it does not matter why you burn or mutilate or trample on the flag; you should not do it, period. I do not care whether you mean to protest the war or praise the war or start a war. You should not do it. Our interest in the flag is in the flag itself as a unifying symbol. I might add, the person riding down Constitution Avenue watching the veteran burn the flag to memorialize his colleagues has no notion why he is doing it. All he knows is that the national symbol is being burned. Under their amendment, you would have to get close enough to hear what was being said in order to determine whether or not it should be allowed or not allowed. I find it no less demeaning that someone would, in order to pay respect to my deceased family, trample across our grave plots than I would if someone tramples across them to show disrespect. I do not want anybody trampling where my family is buried. I do not want anybody burning the flag, whether they are doing it to praise me or condemn me. They should not do it.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.94591
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.03226
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.03226
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.06252
VADER
-0.919
Very Negative
Moderation
Harassment
0.752640795
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0846558425
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0307692884
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0248240976
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0223924566
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.001075513
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001219346
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001213169
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
3.90523E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
3.65604E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
6.741E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
70.2
Gunning-Fog Score
11.4
Coleman-Liau Index
8.2
SMOG Index
11.5
Automated Readability Index
6.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
39
Sprache Difficult Word Count
40
Joe Biden
Our interest is in the flag -- in the flag itself -- not in advancing or silencing any particular idea that the flag destroyer might have in mind. But do not take my view for it, ask a Boy Scout. If a Scout sees a flag dip to the ground, he runs to pick it up, does he not? That is how I trained my boys and my daughter. That is how I was trained as a Scout from the time I was a little kid. It does not matter why it fell; do not let it touch the ground. He does not care why the flag is on the ground, he does not care who let it fall, he does not care what somebody might have been trying to say when they let the flag fall; all he knows is that the flag is something special and it should not be on the ground. And so it should be with all of us.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.26316
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.26316
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.51083
VADER
-0.193
Leans Negative
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.1324928948
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.095356995
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.046427545
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0086662214
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0034692071
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0004066555
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0002289521
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
7.44899E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.13418E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
2.08148E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.4022E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
89.1
Gunning-Fog Score
10.1
Coleman-Liau Index
4.8
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
5.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.3
Sprache Readability Score
4.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Joe Biden
If the only justification for protecting this flag, Mr. President, and if it, in fact, is the unifying symbol of a diverse nation and it serves a greater Government purpose of holding us together or reminding us how we are the same and not different, if that is not the purpose, then this exercise is profane, the exercise we are undertaking is profane.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.45199
VADER
0.361
Somewhat Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.2190568252
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.173947704
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0164507495
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0066701192
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0028774815
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0011132156
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0009210267
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0004510378
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
9.2946E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
7.34801E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.5794E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
44.6
Gunning-Fog Score
18.3
Coleman-Liau Index
10.6
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.8
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
21
Sprache Difficult Word Count
17
Joe Biden
For what else is the reason? Interested in a cloth maker, we do not want them burned? Or we have a greater interest in cloth makers, so they can buy and sell more flags? What is the purpose?
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.3979
VADER
0.843
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.0134041664
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0029546949
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0028035181
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0023393304
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0018728442
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0018207042
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0004220172
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0004191194
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0002644492
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
6.71285E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.7433E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
3.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
88.1
Gunning-Fog Score
5.9
Coleman-Liau Index
7
SMOG Index
7.3
Automated Readability Index
1.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3
Sprache Readability Score
2.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
6
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7
Joe Biden
It either unifies or does not; it either should be soiled or not soiled. We cannot have any other rationale that I can come up with. The flag is a cherished symbol, not as a vehicle for speech; it is a cherished symbol, period. That is why it should be protected.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.19722
VADER
0.859
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.0471041683
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0079958045
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0071950293
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.005539212
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0009578612
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0009341292
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001300546
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001041267
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
5.14702E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.88661E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.76839E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
74.5
Gunning-Fog Score
10.6
Coleman-Liau Index
7.9
SMOG Index
10.8
Automated Readability Index
3.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4
Sprache Readability Score
3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
11
Sprache Difficult Word Count
10
Joe Biden
That is what my amendment does. The amendment authorizes Congress, and Congress alone -- not the States -- for, as I said earlier, I do not want any other State defining to me what my national symbol means. This is a national symbol. This is the National Government, and the National Government should have unifying rules about the national symbol. That is what my amendment does. Only the National Government, speaking for the Nation as a whole, can speak to how we should treat that unifying symbol.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.3979
VADER
0.156
Leans Positive
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.0074631491
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0060603241
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0039775208
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0013582047
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0010114806
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0005192484
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0004692905
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001621052
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0001451472
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.17801E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.29E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
60.1
Gunning-Fog Score
10.8
Coleman-Liau Index
11.8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
7.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.8
Sprache Readability Score
3.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
22
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Joe Biden
This means my amendment would not let some violate the physical integrity of the flag but not others. Under this amendment, no one will be able to do the flag harm. With viewpoint neutrality as its signpost, the amendment preserves the first amendment's cardinal value.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.33647
VADER
-0.135
Leans Negative
Moderation
Harassment
0.0023730572
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0016528256
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.001223769
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0010861255
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0005334497
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0003503363
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
6.16019E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
1.5979E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
4.5187E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.2918E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
6.26E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
56.3
Gunning-Fog Score
14
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5
Sprache Readability Score
3.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
12
Sprache Difficult Word Count
11
Joe Biden
The amendment also ensures that the implementing legislation will be viewpoint neutral, and it makes sure that there will not be a patchwork of conflicting local flag protection laws. What will be a crime in Delaware will also be a crime in Utah. There will not be a place in the Nation you can go and legally burn my flag, our flag. We do not have a flag T-shirt contraband in Minnesota but it is all the rage down in Florida.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.94591
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.11111
Leans Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.11111
Leans Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.20067
VADER
-0.856
Very Negative
Moderation
Violence
0.0375733798
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.010331352
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0093463568
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0076652446
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0026837735
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0014569159
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0007755509
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001774397
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0001289947
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.42291E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
4.645E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
68.4
Gunning-Fog Score
11.6
Coleman-Liau Index
8.6
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
8.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.9
Sprache Readability Score
4.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
20
Sprache Difficult Word Count
21
Joe Biden
Under this amendment, unlike the Hatch-Heflin provision, we know what we are getting. We are getting legislation that protects the flag while at the same time preserves our speech; at the same time, presenting prosecutions and convictions based upon viewpoint discrimination.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.14286
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.14286
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.25131
VADER
0.318
Somewhat Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.038339413
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0174669214
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0044008862
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0007842193
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0006465744
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0001227116
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
7.88981E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
2.01937E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
8.053E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.1287E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.127E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
42.5
Gunning-Fog Score
15.1
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.6
Sprache Readability Score
4.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
12
Sprache Difficult Word Count
15
Joe Biden
To be sure, my amendment impacts first amendment values, but I believe, on balance, that it stands in the proud tradition of many legal scholars from Justices Harlan to Fortas, from Black to Stevens, from Chief Justice Warren to Justice Burger, who believe that flag protection and free expression are not incompatible.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.71429
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.71429
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.46634
VADER
0.972
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.0150410269
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0139039781
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0060021939
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0047600777
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0030833704
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0006227328
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
7.46322E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
2.81627E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.55131E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
6.456E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
4.32E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
15.8
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
8
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
18
Sprache Difficult Word Count
17
Joe Biden
I join them in believing that the singular symbol of our Nation ought to be protected. They recognize, as Justice Holmes once said, "We live by symbols." We live by symbols. I share that view. We must protect both the flag and the first amendment. One is a symbol, the other is the heart of the Nation and who we are as a people.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.83321
VADER
0.948
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.1051564817
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0235845335
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0032839151
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0024901481
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0021154767
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0004371881
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0004036302
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
6.25828E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
5.33075E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.01439E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.848E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
4.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
83.6
Gunning-Fog Score
7.4
Coleman-Liau Index
7.6
SMOG Index
8.5
Automated Readability Index
2.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.7
Sprache Readability Score
3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Joe Biden
We must protect the flag because it is a unique and unifying symbol of our Nation, and we must protect the first amendment because it is our single greatest guarantee of freedom in this country.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.56495
VADER
0.939
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.4590866622
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.1809160342
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.1447138609
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0197124318
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0193869389
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0093675742
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0033450116
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0020349169
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0011974618
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
5.06337E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
9.9441E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
43.2
Gunning-Fog Score
18.6
Coleman-Liau Index
10.8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.9
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
9
Joe Biden
The amendment that I propose today does nothing more than authorize a single law protecting the flag. It does nothing less than respect the core first amendment values of neutrality and equality. We can protect both the flag and the liberties for which it stands, but, in my humble opinion, the Heflin-Hatch amendment sacrifices one for the other. I will at the appropriate time strongly urge my colleagues to reject their amendment and hopefully vote for mine, instead.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.38462
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.38462
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.74721
VADER
0.734
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.8460558951
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0646952947
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0260306522
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0022375227
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0017948345
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0015761038
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001265558
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
5.70882E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
5.16254E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.85816E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.09158E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
51.9
Gunning-Fog Score
15
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
21
Sprache Difficult Word Count
25
Joe Biden
In conclusion, Mr. President, I also respect those who believe my amendment should not become part of the Constitution. I respect them very much. What I do not think anyone can disagree with is that there is a fundamental distinction between the amendment in terms of its impact on the first amendment.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0.51083
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.6
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.6
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.557
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.4644056316
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0302041008
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0145257975
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.004420428
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0026363023
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0003045785
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001307118
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
6.51288E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.41742E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
5.4803E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.4304E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
63.5
Gunning-Fog Score
10.6
Coleman-Liau Index
11.9
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
7.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.6
Sprache Readability Score
3.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
11
Joe Biden
My objective here, as much as protecting the flag, is in fact to protect and guarantee the first amendment. As I say, there is no one on this floor since I have been here who has been more deeply involved in attempting to protect the flag than I have.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.42857
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.42857
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.78846
VADER
0.612
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.8193910122
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.7306895684
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.2531937324
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.1218529767
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0143689991
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0030095922
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0006346057
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
8.31444E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
7.12542E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
1.48984E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.20062E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
73.2
Gunning-Fog Score
13.9
Coleman-Liau Index
8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.5
Sprache Readability Score
4.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7
Joe Biden
I authored the first statute that passed. I authored this amendment 5 years ago, but I do not take kindly to the notion that we are going to consider an amendment that may very well pass, that will, in fact, allow the Federal Government and State Governments for the first time to choose among the types of speech they wish us to be able to engage in: criminalize one, and not the other. If it is a national symbol, protect it, period.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.75
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.75
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0.926
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.3733454505
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.133971544
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0682285696
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0380513404
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0040060331
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0039744573
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0015397129
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0001892887
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
1.22482E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.07534E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.951E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
61.5
Gunning-Fog Score
13.9
Coleman-Liau Index
8.8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
17
Sprache Difficult Word Count
21
Joe Biden
I yield the floor.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Violence
0.9051392786
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.7719877176
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.136827142
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.032454473
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0195760731
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0144693957
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0091003501
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0078128091
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.0015559692
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
3.92565E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
3.13824E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
0
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
100
Gunning-Fog Score
1.6
Coleman-Liau Index
4.7
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
0
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.1
Sprache Readability Score
1.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
1
Sprache Difficult Word Count
1
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Frist). The Senator from South Carolina.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Harassment
0.0173781082
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0103591017
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.002847267
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0024290022
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0020603156
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.000234946
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001199807
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
1.18963E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
5.4152E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.8825E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.379E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
42.7
Gunning-Fog Score
1.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
9.9
Automated Readability Index
5.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
8.1
Sprache Readability Score
1.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
5
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7
Strom Thurmond
Mr. President, the American people overwhelmingly support this proposed constitutional amendment Senate Joint Resolution 31. Poll after poll has shown that nearly 80 percent of all Americans favor legally protecting the American flag against acts of physical desecration. Forty-nine State legislatures have called upon Congress to pass and send to the States for ratification a flag-protection amendment. Three hundred and twelve Members of the other body have already voted for this amendment.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.3979
VADER
0.649
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
2.7230432257
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.2616676502
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0515543739
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0325530476
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0017791679
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0004101993
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001565674
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001298165
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
6.0464E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
4.34052E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.2208E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
35.2
Gunning-Fog Score
13.5
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.1
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
30
Sprache Difficult Word Count
31
Strom Thurmond
This is not a partisan issue. Ninety three Democratic Representatives, nearly half of the Democratic Members of the House, voted in favor of this amendment. The Democratic leader, Dick Gephardt voted "yes," as did 2 Democratic whips, 2 cochairs of the Democratic Policy Committee, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and 36 ranking committee and subcommittee members. It is truly nonpartisan. Here in the Senate, amendment cosponsors include both Republican and Democrats. Old Glory is not a Republican banner or a Democratic banner. The American flag is a symbol of our unity as a Nation -- it represents all Americans, regardless of party or philosophy.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.881
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.012024834
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0116878538
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0094261326
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0063285959
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0005012765
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.00033369
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
7.98207E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
1.8996E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.44108E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.4085E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.604E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
31
Gunning-Fog Score
10.6
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
10.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
43
Sprache Difficult Word Count
38
Strom Thurmond
Last Thursday, December 7, was one of those days which holds a special place in our history; the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is a day when we are particularly mindful of the unique symbolism of the American flag.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.8473
VADER
-0.103
Leans Negative
Moderation
Violence
0.0763725548
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0374433323
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0073489653
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0009751849
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0003628251
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0003367568
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001854389
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
7.75846E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.48203E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
4.6986E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.209E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
52.6
Gunning-Fog Score
13.2
Coleman-Liau Index
9.8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.4
Sprache Readability Score
4.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
12
Strom Thurmond
The flag, which flies today and everyday over the remains of the U.S.S. Arizona, one of the ships sunk during the Japanese attack, and which has been preserved as a monument to those who perished in that attack, represents our Nation and all that it stands for; the freedoms and ideals that have inspired generations of brave Americans to fight, and in some cases, to give their lives, in its defense. More than 2,300 brave Americans made the ultimate sacrifice for that flag and the Nation it represents on that fateful day 54 years ago.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.42857
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.42857
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.8473
VADER
0.718
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.0448322215
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0103769074
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0038540216
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0003410056
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0003174018
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
8.74031E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
6.08869E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
3.44202E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.59038E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.0075E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.9845E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
66.1
Gunning-Fog Score
11.9
Coleman-Liau Index
9.7
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
8.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.6
Sprache Readability Score
4.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
16
Sprache Difficult Word Count
21
Strom Thurmond
The flag is the one symbol that unites our very diverse people in a way nothing else can, in war or in peace. Whatever our differences of race, ethnic background, religion, social or economic status, geographic region, politics, or philosophy, the American flag forms a unique, common bond among us.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.45199
VADER
-0.103
Leans Negative
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.0940581784
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0413941074
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0121254794
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0109390232
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0106275322
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0053880009
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0023281826
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.00170123
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0013094325
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
5.35074E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
3.05724E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
34.3
Gunning-Fog Score
16.4
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.9
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
18
Sprache Difficult Word Count
21
Strom Thurmond
The American flag is more than a symbol of unity to the people of this Nation. For generations, it has served as a symbol of hope and of freedom to people around the world.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.71429
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.71429
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.46634
VADER
0.796
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment > Threatening
0.0156877446
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0147375817
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0126811501
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0120328514
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0047769394
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0028995157
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0026414156
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0019330695
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0001563872
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.73502E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.73826E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
67.7
Gunning-Fog Score
9.2
Coleman-Liau Index
7.7
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
5.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.1
Sprache Readability Score
3.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
Strom Thurmond
For over 200 years, the American people enjoyed the right to protect one unique national symbol, their flag, from acts of physical desecration. This right was exercised by the Congress and the 48 States which adopted flag protection statutes, until two wrongly decided, 5 to 4 Supreme Court decisions took away that right.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.94444
VADER
0.859
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.209190743
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.097663363
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0124551312
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0116222502
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0089280264
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.008500609
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0009499812
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0007564029
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0001316016
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.96878E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.2279E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
47.5
Gunning-Fog Score
17.4
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.1
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
16
Sprache Difficult Word Count
18
Strom Thurmond
It is up to the Senate to decide whether to acquiesce in Supreme Court decisions which misconstrue the first amendment and leave our national symbol with no greater protection than an ordinary rag.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
0.572
Very Positive
Moderation
Sexual
0.0202247436
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0057507244
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0049009352
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0008342395
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0006829718
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0002322354
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0002088806
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
1.01859E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.343E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.318E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
3.43E-8
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
34.9
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
12
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Strom Thurmond
I believe that protecting our flag against acts of physical desecration does not infringe on constitutionally protected freedom of speech. I believe that Chief Justice Earl Warren, Justice Hugo Black, and Justice Abe Fortas were correct when they wrote that the first amendment, which those distinguished jurists so passionately defended, does not bar Congress from prohibiting physical desecration of the American flag.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.19722
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.4
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.4
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.76214
VADER
0.954
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.0769085891
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0400126009
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0154048699
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0119336219
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0073563206
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0023972771
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0013060204
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0005019462
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.12724E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.64048E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.7188E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
22.5
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
24
Sprache Difficult Word Count
25
Strom Thurmond
Amending our Constitution is not an easy task, nor should it be undertaken lightly. With respect to enacting legal protection for the American flag, however, the decisions of the Supreme Court in the Johnson and Eichman cases make it absolutely clear that a constitutional amendment is the best approach. We have tried the statutory approach. In 1989, after the Johnson decision, Congress promptly enacted a flag protection statute; and the Supreme Court just as promptly struck it down in the Eichman case. I have great respect for my colleague, Senator McConnell, who proposes to substitute for this amendment a flag protection statute. We share the goal of protecting our flag from physical desecration. But I respectfully suggest to my colleague that his approach, however sincere and well intentioned, will not accomplish that goal. In light of the decisions of the Supreme Court, I believe that a constitutional amendment is the best method available to the Senate and the American people for restoring legal protection to our flag.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0.5
Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0.5
Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.86667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.86667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.43361
VADER
0.991
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.462523941
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.1818812219
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.1440187101
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0196931564
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0195437897
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0094640141
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.003331199
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0020722251
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0011930652
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
5.12119E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.01927E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
43.8
Gunning-Fog Score
15.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.7
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
60
Sprache Difficult Word Count
48
Strom Thurmond
I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record letters dated October 23, 1995, from two distinguished scholars, Richard Parker of the Harvard Law School and Stephen Presser of Northwestern University School of Law, on this point.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.51083
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.1721406356
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0303498702
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0259414606
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0131843568
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0077487399
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0005849689
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0004294343
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001227447
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
9.63608E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.29435E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
1.2501E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
32.5
Gunning-Fog Score
17.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.7
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
14
Sprache Difficult Word Count
16
Strom Thurmond
Mr. President, I believe it is time for the Senate to join with the House in heeding the will of the American people by passing this amendment and sending it to the States for ratification.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.296
Slightly Positive
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.0143081023
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0116606694
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0103190847
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0022324137
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0019774952
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0011779531
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.000298029
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0002024599
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
5.94917E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
3.65097E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
8.9897E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
65.8
Gunning-Fog Score
9.3
Coleman-Liau Index
9.8
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
7.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.9
Sprache Readability Score
3.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
10
Strom Thurmond
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a list of 105 organizations of the Citizens Flag Alliance, supporting Senate Joint Resolution 31, be printed in the Record at this point.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.66667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.66667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.29928
VADER
0.586
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.0266463379
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0131305831
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0080635778
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.005664759
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0013597705
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0011255249
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.00023008
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001246677
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.81038E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.71187E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.133E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
53.4
Gunning-Fog Score
10
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
8.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.5
Sprache Readability Score
3.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
11
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Strom Thurmond
Mr. President, I hope Senators read this list of the Citizens Flag Alliance member organizations, like the AMVETS, the American Legion -- not only the veterans organizations, but law enforcement organizations, religious organizations, and fraternal organizations all over this Nation, 105 of them. That is what I am putting in the Record. I hope the Senate will take occasion to read this list and that the Congress will pass this amendment without further debate.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.6
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.6
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.22378
VADER
0.762
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.0157090326
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0085855783
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0054399748
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0013698772
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0004252955
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0003477014
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0001016699
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
3.02343E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
5.0841E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
7.877E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
8.63E-8
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
40
Gunning-Fog Score
13.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.9
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
23
Sprache Difficult Word Count
26
Strom Thurmond
I yield the floor.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Moderation
Violence
0.1188381342
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0115727387
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0077066841
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0024051154
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.000578838
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0005607098
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001845218
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0001138255
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.48102E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.5419E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.406E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
0
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
100
Gunning-Fog Score
1.6
Coleman-Liau Index
4.7
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
0
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.1
Sprache Readability Score
1.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
1
Sprache Difficult Word Count
1
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
22
Gunning-Fog Score
1.4
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
7.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.9
Sprache Readability Score
1.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Paul Simon
Mr. President, if the Senator from Utah desires the floor, I will yield to him.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
3.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
86.4
Gunning-Fog Score
3
Coleman-Liau Index
8.1
SMOG Index
7.3
Automated Readability Index
1.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.6
Sprache Readability Score
2.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
5
Sprache Difficult Word Count
6
Orrin Hatch
Will the Senator yield? I ask unanimous consent the distinguished Senator from Illinois be granted 5 minutes, and I ask further unanimous consent I be then recognized to call up an amendment or modification and to speak to that for a few minutes. Then I ask unanimous consent the distinguished Senator from South Carolina be next recognized.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.3979
VADER
0.691
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
40.6
Gunning-Fog Score
13.9
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.2
Sprache Readability Score
4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
42.5
Gunning-Fog Score
6.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
5.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Paul Simon
Mr. President, I am proud of the flag. I remember one of the times when I was in the Armed Forces before I went overseas. When you were at a football game and they played the "Star Spangled Banner" and you could salute that flag in that uniform, you had to be cold hearted if you did not get a thrill out of it.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.61904
VADER
0.62
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
86.2
Gunning-Fog Score
8.3
Coleman-Liau Index
6.3
SMOG Index
8.2
Automated Readability Index
4.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.5
Sprache Readability Score
3.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
11
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Paul Simon
At my home in rural southern Illinois, you will see a flag flying. We are proud of that flag. But I strongly oppose a constitutional amendment.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.51083
VADER
0.637
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
71.1
Gunning-Fog Score
6.5
Coleman-Liau Index
10
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
3.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.7
Sprache Readability Score
2.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
Paul Simon
What is the big problem? The Congressional Reference Bureau says, in 1994, three flags around the Nation were burned. In 1993, how many flags were burned around the Nation? Zero. If we adopt an amendment to the Constitution, there will be more flags burned in protest, not fewer. There will always be somebody who is so extreme that he or she is going to do it. And, if we ban the burning of the flag, what about the Constitution? You know, prior to the Civil War, in Massachusetts, because the Constitution permitted slavery, you had over 3,000 people gathered in the home State of my colleague from Massachusetts who gathered and burned the Constitution. Are we going to have another amendment to ban burning the Constitution?
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.19722
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.45199
VADER
-0.968
Very Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
67.9
Gunning-Fog Score
7.5
Coleman-Liau Index
10.6
SMOG Index
10.6
Automated Readability Index
6.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.1
Sprache Readability Score
4.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
35
Sprache Difficult Word Count
24
Paul Simon
What about the Bible? That is certainly sacred to millions of Americans. Are we going to make a constitutional amendment on that?
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0.414
Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
53.3
Gunning-Fog Score
10.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.6
Automated Readability Index
4.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.2
Sprache Readability Score
2.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
4
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
Paul Simon
Take a look at the New York Times, June 22, 1989. "Supreme Court, 5 to 4." I happened to disagree with that decision. Incidentally, Justice Hugo Black earlier disagreed with that idea. But by a 5 to 4 majority, including Justice Scalia in the majority, the Supreme Court said you can, as part of freedom of expression, burn the flag.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.33647
VADER
0.936
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
70.6
Gunning-Fog Score
11.5
Coleman-Liau Index
8.6
SMOG Index
11.7
Automated Readability Index
4.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.3
Sprache Readability Score
3.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
18
Sprache Difficult Word Count
17
Paul Simon
Right next to it on the front page of the New York Times it says, "Chinese Execute Three in Public Display for Protest Role." That is what America is all about, that we can protest in freedom. I do not happen to like protests with burning the flag. But we can stand up and do that.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.94591
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.11111
Leans Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.11111
Leans Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.20067
VADER
-0.036
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
4.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
85.4
Gunning-Fog Score
5.6
Coleman-Liau Index
7.1
SMOG Index
7.3
Automated Readability Index
3.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.5
Sprache Readability Score
3.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
10
Sprache Difficult Word Count
11
Paul Simon
Mr. President, prior to your coming here, one of the most conservative men I ever served with in the U.S. Congress was Senator Gordon Humphrey of New Hampshire. He was more conservative than Senator Thurmond who just spoke and usually was listed as more conservative than Senator Helms. He got up in opposition to this amendment on the floor. Listen to what Gordon Humphrey had to say.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.14286
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.14286
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.25131
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
67.6
Gunning-Fog Score
7.4
Coleman-Liau Index
11
SMOG Index
9.7
Automated Readability Index
4.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.6
Sprache Readability Score
3.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
22
Sprache Difficult Word Count
17
Paul Simon
Gordon Humphrey, one of the most conservative Members that Senator Hatch or Senator Kennedy or Senator Heflin or Senator Hollings or I served with.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
34.4
Gunning-Fog Score
11.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
8.4
Sprache Readability Score
4.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
11
Sprache Difficult Word Count
10
Paul Simon
You do not get patriotism by passing laws. We get patriotism by having the kind of government our Americans can be proud of. And, for all its flaws, I am proud of this Government and I am proud of the flag that represents that Government. But, to start, because three people last year burned a flag, and say we are going to rush in to having a constitutional amendment, that is ridiculous. That is not honoring the Constitution as we should.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.51083
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.27273
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.27273
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.51083
VADER
0.729
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
63
Gunning-Fog Score
10.4
Coleman-Liau Index
9.6
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.1
Sprache Readability Score
3.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
12
Sprache Difficult Word Count
15
Paul Simon
Mr. President, I yield the floor. I thank my colleague from Utah for his courtesy.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.8473
VADER
0.612
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
2.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
89
Gunning-Fog Score
4.7
Coleman-Liau Index
9.3
SMOG Index
6.6
Automated Readability Index
1.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.6
Sprache Readability Score
1.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
6
Sprache Difficult Word Count
6
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
34.1
Gunning-Fog Score
1.4
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
5.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.9
Sprache Readability Score
1.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Orrin Hatch
I thank my colleague from Illinois. I do not agree with him, but I thank him. He is ever so gracious.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.19722
VADER
0.583
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
2.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
91
Gunning-Fog Score
2.8
Coleman-Liau Index
5.8
SMOG Index
6.6
Automated Readability Index
0
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.6
Sprache Readability Score
1.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Orrin Hatch
Mr. President I send an amendment to the desk in the nature of a substitute for and on behalf of myself, Senator Heflin, and Senator Feinstein.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.51083
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
63.5
Gunning-Fog Score
8.3
Coleman-Liau Index
10
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
5.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.7
Sprache Readability Score
3.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
10
Sprache Difficult Word Count
10
Orrin Hatch
I ask for its immediate consideration.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
17.4
Gunning-Fog Score
15.7
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
6.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.6
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
2
Sprache Difficult Word Count
2
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
32.1
Gunning-Fog Score
9.5
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
9.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6
Sprache Readability Score
1.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
4
Sprache Difficult Word Count
6
The clerk will report.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
0.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
97
Gunning-Fog Score
1.6
Coleman-Liau Index
10.6
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
1.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
0.2
Sprache Readability Score
1.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
0
Sprache Difficult Word Count
2
Orrin Hatch
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
60.7
Gunning-Fog Score
8.5
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.1
Sprache Readability Score
2.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
6
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
42.5
Gunning-Fog Score
6.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
5.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Orrin Hatch
Mr. President, all this amendment does is delete the States from the original amendment. It will become the underlying amendment that others will try to amend.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.318
Somewhat Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
61.4
Gunning-Fog Score
11.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.6
Automated Readability Index
6.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.9
Sprache Readability Score
2.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
Orrin Hatch
So I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be agreed to.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.51
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
57.2
Gunning-Fog Score
11.7
Coleman-Liau Index
9.9
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
4.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.3
Sprache Readability Score
2.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
4
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Orrin Hatch
I withhold that.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
1.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
91
Gunning-Fog Score
1.2
Coleman-Liau Index
9.6
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
0.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.4
Sprache Readability Score
1.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
1
Sprache Difficult Word Count
1
Robert Byrd
Mr. President, reserving the right to object.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
4.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
70.3
Gunning-Fog Score
7.1
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
7.3
Automated Readability Index
4.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
9.2
Sprache Readability Score
1.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
4
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Orrin Hatch
Let me just say this, Mr. President. I would like to spend a minute or two talking about my friend, Senator Heflin. Let me just ask my colleagues for their indulgence for a few moments.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.58779
VADER
0.691
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
3.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
84.3
Gunning-Fog Score
5.8
Coleman-Liau Index
8.6
SMOG Index
8.2
Automated Readability Index
2.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.6
Sprache Readability Score
2.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7
Orrin Hatch
I would like to express my appreciation to my colleague from Alabama, Senator Howell Heflin. This is the Hatch-Heflin amendment and Senator Heflin and his staff have worked very hard in its favor.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
0.781
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
55.2
Gunning-Fog Score
9.2
Coleman-Liau Index
11.9
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.9
Sprache Readability Score
3.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
12
Orrin Hatch
Many of us know Howell Heflin as a fine lawyer, judge, and Senator. I am not sure my colleagues are aware of another side of the man. I know that others in the Senate served in the military. I know Senator Thurmond, for example, took part in the Normandy invasion and fought in both the European and Pacific theaters. He parachuted behind the lines in those days, and he is a hero to all of us.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.95551
VADER
0.406
Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
66.7
Gunning-Fog Score
9.8
Coleman-Liau Index
8.1
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
5.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.5
Sprache Readability Score
4.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
18
Sprache Difficult Word Count
20
Orrin Hatch
Howell Heflin won the Silver Star as a Marine officer in World War II and later, in the same conflict, was wounded in the hand and leg.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.8473
VADER
0.178
Leans Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
63.5
Gunning-Fog Score
12.3
Coleman-Liau Index
7.3
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
10.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.4
Sprache Readability Score
4.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
9
Orrin Hatch
The Birmingham News of October 10, 1944, has quite a story on our colleague, noting that "he is home again in Alabama to modestly and reluctantly tell the stories of a Marine first lieutenant's not-to-be- envied life in the Pacific." Nearly 50 years later, in a 1994 D-day story in the Washington Times, the reporter remarked, "When discussing these battles, the senator never uses the personal pronoun. It's always `we,' referring to the Marines who fought beside him. He is clearly made uncomfortable when asked to comment on his personal valor." You can blame our two staffs, Senator Heflin, and I believe our colleagues and the listening audience should know this about our colleague: This is signed by James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, from the citation in presenting the Silver Star to him:
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.28571
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.28571
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.54654
VADER
-0.827
Very Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
48.9
Gunning-Fog Score
15.4
Coleman-Liau Index
11
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.9
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
40
Sprache Difficult Word Count
42
Orrin Hatch
One of his fellow marines from Alabama in the same division, Conrad Fowler, tells a story in the February 12, 1995, Birmingham News. The young Heflin was among the first wave to storm Guam, the year following Bougainville. There, he was wounded as I mentioned earlier, and Mr. Fowler helped evacuate him.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.51083
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
63.5
Gunning-Fog Score
8.3
Coleman-Liau Index
10.9
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
6.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.8
Sprache Readability Score
3.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
17
Sprache Difficult Word Count
19
Orrin Hatch
Here is the bottom line. We can say, nearly 52 years later, as he approaches the close of his public service next year, that the words used to describe Howell Heflin at the outset of his service to his country have marked the man throughout his life: "unflinching determination"; "aggressive fighting spirit"; "expert leadership"; and, "fearless conduct." I want him to know how much I appreciate working with him in the Senate and on the Judiciary Committee. and, in particular, on this very important amendment that I think would set the tone in this country and would establish a debate on values all over this country that is long overdue.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.375
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.375
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.7376
VADER
0.836
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
51.3
Gunning-Fog Score
14.6
Coleman-Liau Index
11.5
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
25
Sprache Difficult Word Count
35
Orrin Hatch
Having said that, Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Heflin, Senator Feinstein, and myself, what we have offered here is a compromise. It deletes the States from the amendment. Only Congress will be given power to protect the flag, if this amendment is adopted.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.19722
VADER
0.382
Somewhat Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
63
Gunning-Fog Score
8
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
6.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.6
Sprache Readability Score
3.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
14
Sprache Difficult Word Count
17
Orrin Hatch
If the amendment I have offered is adopted, the revised amendment would read as follows:
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
50.6
Gunning-Fog Score
16.7
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
8.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6
Sprache Readability Score
2.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
5
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Orrin Hatch
"The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States." This means that only Congress will define the flag of the United States. Only Congress will determine what conduct is illegal. There will not be 50 or 51 different laws protecting the flag, just one. So those who are concerned about a multiplicity of flag protection laws, those who are unwilling to let State legislators handle this issue -- the amendment just offered will meet those concerns. We have, frankly, gone a long way with this amendment. Frankly, I did not want to make this concession. Restoring the state of the law prior to the Supreme Court's errors in Johnson and Eichman seems perfectly appropriate to this Senator, and quite a few of my colleagues. But I am faced with the task of trying to assemble 66 votes, and I could not count on those votes with Senate Joint Resolution 31 as introduced. We have a better chance if we limit power to protect the flag to Congress. This would, if ratified, still authorize meaningful protection for the flag.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.55556
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.55556
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.18519
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.18519
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.36101
VADER
0.949
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
66.3
Gunning-Fog Score
11.9
Coleman-Liau Index
11.2
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
8.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
49
Sprache Difficult Word Count
48
Orrin Hatch
With some reluctance, the American Legion and the Citizens Flag Alliance support the amendment. Sometimes compromise is necessary in order to try to get the votes needed to pass a particular measure. We are trying to gain the necessary support for a flag protection amendment by seeking to delete the States from the amendment. I believe the flag protection amendment supporters in the other body would accept such a compromise.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.41176
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.41176
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.82098
VADER
0.898
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
44
Gunning-Fog Score
15
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.1
Sprache Readability Score
4.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
23
Sprache Difficult Word Count
23
Orrin Hatch
I urge all of the cosponsors and other supporters of Senate Joint Resolution 31 as introduced, to support this amendment. I ask the opponents of Senate Joint Resolution 31 as introduced to bend a little, as well. Let us send a revised amendment to the other body and to the States and offer the flag protection at the Federal level.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.95551
VADER
0.752
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
54
Gunning-Fog Score
14
Coleman-Liau Index
10.1
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6
Sprache Readability Score
4.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
16
Orrin Hatch
I also hope that President Clinton will reconsider his opposition to a constitutional amendment protecting. We have gone more than halfway on this.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.44
Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
44.4
Gunning-Fog Score
13.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.1
Sprache Readability Score
2.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
8
Sprache Difficult Word Count
9
Orrin Hatch
For those of my colleagues who have been worried about letting the American people have the power to protect the flag through their State legislatures, they need worry no longer. For those of my colleagues who do not trust State legislators to protect the American flag in a reasonable way, their concerns are over with this amendment.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.94591
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.09091
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.09091
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.16705
VADER
-0.416
Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
45.8
Gunning-Fog Score
15.6
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.5
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
11
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Orrin Hatch
My question to those colleagues is this: Do you trust yourselves to write a reasonable statute protecting the American flag? If the amendment is ratified, there are ample safeguards. Here in the Senate, members of the Judiciary Committee on both sides of the aisle are going to be vigilant in writing the statute sent to the floor. The cloture rule provides ample protection to a minority of Senators who disapprove of any such statute pending on the Senate floor. The President can veto a measure he does not like, requiring a two-thirds vote. We already know how difficult it is to try to get such a vote on this issue.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.19722
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.38566
VADER
0.62
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
59.3
Gunning-Fog Score
12.1
Coleman-Liau Index
10.8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
30
Sprache Difficult Word Count
35
Orrin Hatch
Some of my colleagues are concerned about flag bathing suits. This was, in my view, an exaggerated concern at best, but I have not heard any of the congressional supporters of the amendment express a desire to cover bathing suits. Senators Kennedy, Leahy, Simon, and Feingold raised the question in the committee views: "Would desecration include flying the flag over a brothel?" That is on page 77 of their views. Since the amendment talks about physical desecration of the flag, this concern was, frankly, totally misplaced to begin with. But since they will have a say in writing the only statute authorized by the substitute amendment, I hope their concerns have been substantially reduced.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.70805
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.14286
Leans Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.14286
Leans Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.26826
VADER
0.928
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
54
Gunning-Fog Score
13.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
33
Sprache Difficult Word Count
35
Orrin Hatch
This is not the time and place to consider what a Federal statute will look like and I have not given it much consideration because it is premature to do so. But I do pledge that we will have fair consideration concerning a proposed statute, if Congress and the States ratify the amendment.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.66667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.66667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.29928
VADER
0.586
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
52.2
Gunning-Fog Score
16.6
Coleman-Liau Index
10.3
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.2
Sprache Readability Score
4.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Orrin Hatch
Mr. President, we have made a major concession. With the deletion of the States from the amendment, continued opposition to the amendment means just one thing: It is simply not important enough to protect the American flag by amendment, even with one uniform Federal standard throughout the Nation. I hope that some of my colleagues who have opposed this amendment in the past will seriously reconsider their opposition. I think this is a compromise everyone can defend.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.3979
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.99853
VADER
0.552
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
48.4
Gunning-Fog Score
14.5
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.3
Sprache Readability Score
4.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
22
Sprache Difficult Word Count
24
Orrin Hatch
The notion that physical desecration of the American flag is a fundamental right is an invention of five Supreme Court Justices who made a mistake. If just one Justice had come out the other way, we would not even be on the floor of the Senate debating this issue today.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.681
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
52.9
Gunning-Fog Score
14
Coleman-Liau Index
9.9
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5
Sprache Readability Score
4.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
12
Sprache Difficult Word Count
12
Orrin Hatch
And something else would also be true: The liberties of the American people, including freedom of speech, would be intact. Our liberties seemed to survive the 1 Federal statute and 48 State statutes protecting the flag remarkably well. But to listen to the overwrought, overblown, and misplaced concerns of the critics of the amendment, one would think we were living in the Dark Ages prior to 1989, when the Supreme Court effectively struck them all down. What nonsense. Indeed, the irony is, as I pointed out last Wednesday, during the time these flag protection statutes were put on the books, the parameters of freedom of speech actually expanded in this country.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.37949
VADER
0.97
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
52.4
Gunning-Fog Score
14.6
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
29
Sprache Difficult Word Count
34
Orrin Hatch
We can protect the flag, preserve our liberties, and give voice to a fundamental value Americans hold dear, protection of the flag that represents them, their ideals, their principles, their history, and their future.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.56495
VADER
0.893
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
35.5
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.9
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
11
Orrin Hatch
One final note, Mr. President. And that is, what is wrong with letting the American people make the determination here? Should three- quarters of the States ratify this amendment, what is wrong with trusting Congress to write a reasonable statute that would determine once and for all what physical desecration is all about? We can do it, and we can do it right without infringing upon scarves or swimming suits or sweaters or ties or any number of other items which can be worn with great pride and belief in the flag of the United States.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.09091
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.09091
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.16705
VADER
0.788
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
64.9
Gunning-Fog Score
11
Coleman-Liau Index
10.9
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
9.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
20
Sprache Difficult Word Count
27
Orrin Hatch
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent -- and I understand this has been agreed to by both sides -- I ask unanimous consent that our amendment, the Hatch-Heflin-Feinstein amendment be agreed to and that it be considered as original text for purposes of further amendment so these other amendments can be considered.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.70805
VADER
0.807
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
40.5
Gunning-Fog Score
18.9
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.1
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
15
Robert Byrd
Mr. President, reserving the right to object, and I will not object -- --
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
3.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
80.9
Gunning-Fog Score
5.7
Coleman-Liau Index
10.2
SMOG Index
7.3
Automated Readability Index
2.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.9
Sprache Readability Score
1.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
5
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Orrin Hatch
I thank the Senator.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.361
Somewhat Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
3.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
75.9
Gunning-Fog Score
1.6
Coleman-Liau Index
7.7
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
0
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.1
Sprache Readability Score
1.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
1
Sprache Difficult Word Count
1
Robert Byrd
Mr. President, under my reservation, it is my understanding that Mr. Hollings has gotten unanimous consent to speak immediately following the conclusion of Mr. Hatch's remarks.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.19722
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
40.8
Gunning-Fog Score
11.8
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
7.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
8.8
Sprache Readability Score
2.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
14
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Robert Byrd
I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of the remarks by Mr. Hollings, I may be recognized for not to exceed 45 minutes to speak out of order.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.19722
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
72.5
Gunning-Fog Score
9.9
Coleman-Liau Index
7.9
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
4.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.1
Sprache Readability Score
3.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
8
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
47.7
Gunning-Fog Score
8.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
9.9
Automated Readability Index
5.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
4
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Robert Byrd
I have no objection to the previous request. I have been asked by Mr. Kennedy to request that at the conclusion of my remarks he, Mr. Kennedy, be recognized for not to exceed 10 minutes.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
-0.296
Slightly Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
74.7
Gunning-Fog Score
10.4
Coleman-Liau Index
8.4
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
2.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.3
Sprache Readability Score
2.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
10
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
42.5
Gunning-Fog Score
6.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
5.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Robert Byrd
I thank all Senators.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.361
Somewhat Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
3.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
75.9
Gunning-Fog Score
1.6
Coleman-Liau Index
9.2
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
0.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.1
Sprache Readability Score
1.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
1
Sprache Difficult Word Count
1
Orrin Hatch
I ask that my unanimous-consent request be agreed to.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.273
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
61.3
Gunning-Fog Score
8
Coleman-Liau Index
9.5
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
3.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.8
Sprache Readability Score
2.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
4
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
42.5
Gunning-Fog Score
6.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
5.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
So the amendment (No. 3094) was agreed to.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.273
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
0.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
97
Gunning-Fog Score
6.6
Coleman-Liau Index
4
SMOG Index
7.3
Automated Readability Index
0
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.1
Sprache Readability Score
1.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
2
Sprache Difficult Word Count
2
Mrs. FEINSTEIN addressed the Chair.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
0
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
100
Gunning-Fog Score
1
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
7.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
9.6
Sprache Readability Score
1.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
3
Orrin Hatch
I urge the amendment be agreed to.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.273
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
66.8
Gunning-Fog Score
8.5
Coleman-Liau Index
6.9
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
0.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.1
Sprache Readability Score
1.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
3
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.459
Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
38.6
Gunning-Fog Score
9.1
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
6.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.9
Sprache Readability Score
1.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
5
Sprache Difficult Word Count
6
Orrin Hatch
It has been agreed to. All right. Then I move to reconsider.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.273
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
1.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
90
Gunning-Fog Score
4.9
Coleman-Liau Index
6.7
SMOG Index
6.6
Automated Readability Index
0
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.8
Sprache Readability Score
1.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
2
Sprache Difficult Word Count
2
Robert Byrd
I move to lay that motion on the table.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
2.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
94.3
Gunning-Fog Score
3.6
Coleman-Liau Index
3.8
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
0
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.2
Sprache Readability Score
1.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
1
Sprache Difficult Word Count
1
Robert Byrd
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.273
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
3.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
86.7
Gunning-Fog Score
4
Coleman-Liau Index
4.8
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
0.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.7
Sprache Readability Score
2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
2
Sprache Difficult Word Count
2
Orrin Hatch
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that immediately following the remarks of Senator Kennedy, who will follow Senator Hollings and Senator Byrd, Senator Feinstein be given an opportunity to speak.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
0.572
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
22.4
Gunning-Fog Score
11.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
8.6
Sprache Readability Score
3.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
15
Sprache Difficult Word Count
14
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
42.5
Gunning-Fog Score
6.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
5.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Orrin Hatch
I thank my colleagues.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0.361
Somewhat Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
3.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
75.9
Gunning-Fog Score
11.6
Coleman-Liau Index
10.6
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
1.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.1
Sprache Readability Score
1.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
1
Sprache Difficult Word Count
1
Orrin Hatch
Mr. HOLLINGS addressed the Chair.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
0
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
100
Gunning-Fog Score
1
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
5.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
9.6
Sprache Readability Score
1.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
3
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
23
Gunning-Fog Score
1.6
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
7.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.1
Sprache Readability Score
1.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
5
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, I have before us this afternoon two opportunities that could be looked upon by my distinguished colleague from West Virginia as not an opportunity at all.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.19722
VADER
0.267
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
47.6
Gunning-Fog Score
11.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.8
Sprache Readability Score
3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
Ernest Hollings
We have debated the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution already for a month this year. And on Friday, when we were formulating a unanimous-consent agreement, I was asked by our distinguished staff if I had amendments. I said I had two amendments. They cautioned that I would perhaps have to be prepared to debate them on Monday. I said I would be delighted. They said it could be under a time limitation. I said that would be very much agreeable to this particular Senator.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.51083
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.61904
VADER
0.851
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
62.5
Gunning-Fog Score
11
Coleman-Liau Index
10.8
SMOG Index
11.6
Automated Readability Index
6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5
Sprache Readability Score
3.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
24
Sprache Difficult Word Count
22
Ernest Hollings
A point of order could be raised perhaps about the relevancy of my amendment, and if it were and I was ruled not to be in order, I would have to appeal that in order to get a vote.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.45199
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
56.6
Gunning-Fog Score
17.7
Coleman-Liau Index
5.2
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
5
Sprache Difficult Word Count
6
Ernest Hollings
This particular Senator has waited all year long. I have carried around in my pocket the amendment itself. I know the distinguished Speaker of the House has his contract. The distinguished Senator from West Virginia has the Constitution that he carries around in his pocket. There he is. And I have dutifully -- in order to bring the truth to the American public -- carried around an amendment to the Constitution for a balanced budget that did not repeal the formal statutory law signed by President Bush, section 13301 of the code of laws of the United States.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.75
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.75
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0.625
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
56.6
Gunning-Fog Score
9.3
Coleman-Liau Index
11.7
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
8.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.1
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
26
Sprache Difficult Word Count
30
Ernest Hollings
Under the Budget Act, it would not repeal that law but provide, of course, for a balanced budget. Specifically, Mr. President, if you looked at Section 7, under Senate Joint Resolution 1, that we debated for a month, you can see that all outlays and all revenues be included of the U.S. Government. And that repeals, if you please, that section of the code, which I ask unanimous consent to be printed in the Record.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.14286
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.14286
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.25131
VADER
0.649
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
73.8
Gunning-Fog Score
8.2
Coleman-Liau Index
9.2
SMOG Index
9.4
Automated Readability Index
4.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.4
Sprache Readability Score
4.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
23
Sprache Difficult Word Count
23
Ernest Hollings
Now, Mr. President, I am reading, of course, from my proposed constitutional amendment -- and it is important that this reading be made formal here -- that "outlays of the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as and if modified to preserve the solvency of the funds used to provide Old Age, Survivors and Disability benefits, shall not be counted as receipts or outlays for the purpose of this article." There is no question, Mr. President, that the intent of the Congress is in that particular regard. Very recently, on November 13, I believe it was, we voted just exactly that particular instruction. On November 13, by a vote of 97 to 2, we voted to instruct the conferees on the budget that Social Security trust funds not be used.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.68421
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.68421
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.5506
VADER
0.926
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
49.5
Gunning-Fog Score
13.2
Coleman-Liau Index
11.2
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.7
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
48
Sprache Difficult Word Count
41
Ernest Hollings
So the Senators themselves have affirmed that less than a month ago.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
74.8
Gunning-Fog Score
4.8
Coleman-Liau Index
11.7
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
6.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.9
Sprache Readability Score
2.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
4
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Ernest Hollings
I ask unanimous consent that rollcall vote be printed in the Record.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
60.7
Gunning-Fog Score
8.1
Coleman-Liau Index
11.7
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
6.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.9
Sprache Readability Score
2.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
4
Sprache Difficult Word Count
6
Ernest Hollings
I ask also unanimous consent that the record of the Budget Committee vote on July 10, 1990, on the protection of Social Security be printed in the Record.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
0.511
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
45.5
Gunning-Fog Score
14.1
Coleman-Liau Index
9
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.5
Sprache Readability Score
4.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
11
Ernest Hollings
I am trying to save time for my colleagues.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.51083
VADER
0.494
Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
2.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
94.3
Gunning-Fog Score
8
Coleman-Liau Index
6.4
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
0.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4
Sprache Readability Score
1.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
2
Sprache Difficult Word Count
2
Ernest Hollings
And I ask also unanimous consent that the record vote that occurred on October 18, 1990, a vote of 98 to 2, approving that Social Security protection be printed in the Record.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.19722
VADER
0.511
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
50.1
Gunning-Fog Score
16.6
Coleman-Liau Index
8.3
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
11
Ernest Hollings
The reason I do that is so that you shall know how Members vote -- not just how they speak but how they cast their formal votes.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
86.1
Gunning-Fog Score
10.4
Coleman-Liau Index
6.6
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
9.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
2.5
Sprache Readability Score
4.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
2
Sprache Difficult Word Count
5
Ernest Hollings
There has been raised, at the particular time back in February, the idea, of course, that the trust funds need not be protected further, that we could always do it by statute.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.33647
VADER
0.411
Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
52.7
Gunning-Fog Score
16.6
Coleman-Liau Index
9.6
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.5
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
6
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
Ernest Hollings
I ask unanimous consent at this particular point that the letter from the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service dated February 6, 1995, be printed in the Record.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.33647
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
26.9
Gunning-Fog Score
14.7
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.8
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
10
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Ernest Hollings
There are two sentences I will read again, trying to save time. "If the proposed amendment was ratified" -- that is, Senate Joint Resolution 1 -- "then Congress would appear to be without authority to exclude the Social Security trust funds from the calculations of total receipts and outlays under section 1 of the amendment." Then down at the bottom a footnote: "Although the Congress is given the authority to implement this article by appropriate legislation, there is no indication that Congress would have the authority to pass legislation which conflicts with the provision of this amendment." So that is why it is very, very important to several on this side of the aisle -- because we were in a very, very heated exchange relative, of course, to the particular balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. And thereby on March 1, five of us on the Democratic side of the aisle sent a letter to the majority leader, Robert Dole, the principal author of Senate Joint Resolution 1, stating that we were ready, willing, and prepared to vote to pass the constitutional amendment to balance the budget where that Social Security protection not be repealed.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.52381
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.52381
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.93
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
29.1
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
65
Sprache Difficult Word Count
55
Ernest Hollings
I ask unanimous consent that a copy of the letter dated March 1 be printed in the Record at this particular point.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.51083
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
57.6
Gunning-Fog Score
12.4
Coleman-Liau Index
8.5
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
9.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.7
Sprache Readability Score
3.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
5
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7
Ernest Hollings
So, Mr. President, it is quite obvious if the true intent is to really pass an amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced budget, it can be done here in the next 24 hours. There is no problem. It is a wonderful opportunity, because we have the amendment drawn in the proper fashion with two particular changes to Senate Joint Resolution 1. The one change, of course, was the Nunn amendment about the judicial power not to put balanced budget questions before the judiciary but to retain them within the congressional branches; and, second, of course, to reiterate the statutory law protecting the Federal old age and survivors insurance trust fund and federal disability insurance trust fund.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.6
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.6
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.42857
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.42857
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.8473
VADER
0.912
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
42.8
Gunning-Fog Score
16.9
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
38
Sprache Difficult Word Count
39
Ernest Hollings
Why do I read those words out so specifically? With an intent, Mr. President. Again, referring to the balanced budget constitutional amendment report by the Committee on the Judiciary over on the House side, you will find in that report this sentence:
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
57.2
Gunning-Fog Score
8
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
6.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.7
Sprache Readability Score
3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
11
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Ernest Hollings
This particular amendment presented for the vote of my colleagues here does not use "Social Security" expressed. On the contrary, it is the technical formative law of the United States of America that passed in 1935 and up until 1969 was a trust fund and off budget.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.66667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.66667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.29928
VADER
0.69
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
55.2
Gunning-Fog Score
15.4
Coleman-Liau Index
10.1
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
15
Sprache Difficult Word Count
19
Ernest Hollings
That was our point that we were making in 1990. We were obscuring the size of the deficit. In fact, Mr. President, it would be well at this particular point, I believe, to include, if you please, a table of the various deficits.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.51083
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.25
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.25
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.45199
VADER
0.178
Leans Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
4.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
81.8
Gunning-Fog Score
9
Coleman-Liau Index
7.7
SMOG Index
9.7
Automated Readability Index
2.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.5
Sprache Readability Score
2.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
8
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
Ernest Hollings
I have before me a table of the deficits for the years beginning in 1945 going all the way down, the U.S. budget in outlays and trust funds, the real deficit, the gross Federal debt and the gross interest cost under the various Presidents.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.33647
VADER
-0.625
Very Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
73.2
Gunning-Fog Score
10.4
Coleman-Liau Index
8.5
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
5.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5
Sprache Readability Score
3.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
12
Sprache Difficult Word Count
14
Ernest Hollings
From 1945 until 1996, we have gone from outlays of $92,700,000,000 to now outlays for this fiscal year 1996 of $1,602,000,000,000. You can see how it has grown like Topsy. I remember the last balanced budget. To bring it into the perspective of the distinguished Chair, when Johnson balanced the budget back in 1968-69, the entire outlay in 1968- 69 at that particular time was $178,100,000,000. Can you imagine, $178,100,000,000 for guns and butter, for the war in Vietnam and for the Great Society. And paid for with what? With a surplus at that particular time of $300 million. That is -- no. That $300 million was used from the trust fund. I am looking at the statute in error here. Let me look at it accurately. So $300 million was used from the trust funds. That still left a balance of $2.9 trillion. If trust funds were not used really to balance that budget, we had a surplus of $3.2 billion.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.52941
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.52941
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.827
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
95.5
Gunning-Fog Score
8
Coleman-Liau Index
4.6
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
1.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.6
Sprache Readability Score
4.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
33
Sprache Difficult Word Count
26
Ernest Hollings
Here was an entire budget for the Social Security, Medicare, guns and butter, war in Vietnam, defense, and all, welfare and all the other programs. We are expending, instead of the $178 billion, we are expending $348 billion this year just on interest costs for nothing. There is the real problem. And that problem is obscured in large measure by the use of Social Security trust funds, exactly the opposite as contended by my colleagues in that particular House report.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.3979
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.11111
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.11111
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.21131
VADER
0.318
Somewhat Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
52.2
Gunning-Fog Score
13.5
Coleman-Liau Index
11.4
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
10.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.7
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
24
Sprache Difficult Word Count
23
Ernest Hollings
For example, Mr. President, look at the Judiciary Committee report of a balanced budget constitutional amendment as submitted at that particular time over on the House side in January -- on January 18 of this particular year. And here is the sentence that will blow your mind. "If we exclude Social Security from balanced budget computations, Congress will not have to make adjustments elsewhere in the budget to compensate for the projected deficit." If you have got that kind of logic and thought, we need custodial care for the Members around here. "If we exclude Social Security from the balanced budget computations, Congress will not have to make adjustments elsewhere in the budget." Come on. If we exclude Social Security, that is where we will have to make adjustments elsewhere in the budget to compensate. And that is exactly the point that we have been trying to make time and time again that we seem to try to hide behind. The truth of the matter is, we are hiding this minute behind $481 billion owed Social Security.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.4375
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.4375
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.90571
VADER
0.637
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
54.9
Gunning-Fog Score
11.8
Coleman-Liau Index
11.8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
50
Sprache Difficult Word Count
33
Ernest Hollings
If the particular budget now in conference and now in negotiation between the White House and the Congress is enacted in the next 10 minutes, by the year 2002, we will owe Social Security $1,117,000,000,000. In other words, in the year 2002, they could well turn and say, "Whoopee, we have now preserved and protected Medicare." And then when we look around at Social Security, we say, "Heavens above, we have run it into the hole with over $1,117,000,000,000." Who is going to raise taxes $1 trillion? Who is going to cut benefits $1 trillion? That is why I have been trying to get attention of my colleagues that we have truth in budgeting. And that is why we have the amendment drawn at this particular time where people on both sides of the aisle -- I voted for a constitutional amendment, cosponsored it with my senior colleague back in the 1980's, voted for it several times.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.2381
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.2381
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.46262
VADER
0.928
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
71.1
Gunning-Fog Score
13.8
Coleman-Liau Index
7.4
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
8.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
33
Sprache Difficult Word Count
30
Ernest Hollings
But when I realized the import of section 7 under the Dole Senate Joint Resolution 1 that it was going to repeal the statutory law that I helped cosponsor, along with Senator Moynihan and Senator Heinz, I could not go in two different directions at the same time.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.33647
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
27.7
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
10.1
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
15
Sprache Difficult Word Count
16
Ernest Hollings
As a person somewhat experienced in budgets, I was able, as Governor back in 1959, to get the first AAA credit rating for our State. I participated in the balanced budget work of 1968-69. I chaired on behalf of the Congress, both Houses, the first reconciliation budget conference, the first reconciliation bill signed into law where we cut back already appropriated funds in December 1980 under President Carter. And I put in the budget freeze. I have cosponsored, with Senators Gramm and Rudman, the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings initiative. And I have been very alert, as possibly as I can be, to make certain that we have truth in budgeting.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.63636
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.63636
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.335
VADER
0.762
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
57.5
Gunning-Fog Score
11.7
Coleman-Liau Index
10.8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.9
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
35
Sprache Difficult Word Count
34
Ernest Hollings
And so it is that we have now proposed this particular amendment. I could go on at length as to the debate itself before I present the amendment.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
68.7
Gunning-Fog Score
11.3
Coleman-Liau Index
8.6
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
5.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.5
Sprache Readability Score
2.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
5
Sprache Difficult Word Count
6
Ernest Hollings
I have this one particular phrase of our majority whip, the distinguished Senator from Mississippi. In February, on national TV, Senator Trent Lott stated, and I quote:
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.51083
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
39.6
Gunning-Fog Score
11.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
8.9
Sprache Readability Score
3.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
14
Sprache Difficult Word Count
14
Ernest Hollings
Let us hope that is the truth. I think a vote on this particular constitutional amendment to balance the budget would give truth to that particular statement. We will see exactly how they vote.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.66667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.66667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.29928
VADER
0.758
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
68.4
Gunning-Fog Score
10.4
Coleman-Liau Index
11.4
SMOG Index
10.6
Automated Readability Index
6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.7
Sprache Readability Score
2.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
10
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, I have another amendment. Let me send this one up under the unanimous-consent agreement and ask the clerk to report. I think I have explained it.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.51083
VADER
0.494
Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
4.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
74
Gunning-Fog Score
8.4
Coleman-Liau Index
10
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
2.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.2
Sprache Readability Score
2.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
9
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
51.9
Gunning-Fog Score
6.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
6.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.7
Sprache Readability Score
1.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
2
Sprache Difficult Word Count
5
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
63.9
Gunning-Fog Score
8.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
5.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.7
Sprache Readability Score
2.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
6
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
42.5
Gunning-Fog Score
6.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
5.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, once again, by way of emphasis, it is word for word Senator Dole's House Joint Resolution 1, with the exception of the Nunn amendment which is included therein with respect to the limitation on judicial power on balanced budgets and, second, the Dole section 7, the language that would encompass a repeal of section 13301 of the Budget Act. Specifically, I repeal the repeal. I have provided and continue the protection of 13301.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.11111
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.11111
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.20067
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
57
Gunning-Fog Score
13.4
Coleman-Liau Index
11.3
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
29
Sprache Difficult Word Count
26
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, there is another wonderful subject we have debated ad nauseam, except with respect abortion. This is one you can really do something about if you really want to limit spending in campaigns as one cancer to public service. Ask the 12 Senators now retiring. They would agree in a sentence, Mr. President, that the one cancer to public service is money, and if you want to control the money, then let us get back to the 1974 act as intended.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.94591
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.69231
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.69231
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.52606
VADER
0.169
Leans Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
68.1
Gunning-Fog Score
9.9
Coleman-Liau Index
9.6
SMOG Index
10.6
Automated Readability Index
5.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
4.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
22
Ernest Hollings
There never was any dispute at that particular time. I remember the history well. It so happened in the 1968 race of President Nixon that he had thereafter a Secretary of Commerce, Maurice Stans, who went around and allocated almost like the United Fund: Your fair share.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.51083
VADER
0.87
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
59.5
Gunning-Fog Score
10.5
Coleman-Liau Index
11.1
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
7.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.1
Sprache Readability Score
3.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
15
Ernest Hollings
He came to South Carolina to the textile industry and said, "Your fair share for the Nixon campaign is $350,000," and so textile entities gathered up $35,000 apiece and sent it to Washington to qualify. Other individuals gave a half million dollars. A gentleman from Chicago gave $2 million.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
0.542
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
61.9
Gunning-Fog Score
12.3
Coleman-Liau Index
9.5
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
7.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.6
Sprache Readability Score
4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
12
Sprache Difficult Word Count
16
Ernest Hollings
President Nixon thought that was a wonderful idea, and on that particular weekend, as they turned into the Connally ranch, there was a Brinks truck with that prankster Dick Tuck from the Kennedy campaign. They had that all embellished in the news and newspapers and otherwise, and everybody in Washington said, "Heavens above, the Government is up for sale. We have to do something about it." So in good spirit, both Republicans and Democrats joined hands into the Federal Elections Campaign Practices Act of 1974. At that particular time, we said, "Look, every dollar in and every dollar out is recorded. You cannot give more than $1,000. You cannot, as a PAC, give more than $5,000. You cannot take cash." And, for voters in a particular State like Tennessee and South Carolina, we were limited per registered voters. In South Carolina, I remember we were limited to around $600,000. The last race I ran for reelection, in 1992, was $3.5 million. It goes up, up, and away.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.6
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.6
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.27297
VADER
0.789
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
66.1
Gunning-Fog Score
10.1
Coleman-Liau Index
9.9
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
6.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
35
Sprache Difficult Word Count
41
Ernest Hollings
Right now, every Senator every week has to collect at least $13,000. If you have not collected your $13,000 for your campaign 6 years out, you are behind the curve. You are behind the curve. That statement ought to embarrass all in America.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
-0.296
Slightly Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
86.4
Gunning-Fog Score
8.1
Coleman-Liau Index
7.3
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
2.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3
Sprache Readability Score
2.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
9
Ernest Hollings
We have had for 20 years, like a dog chasing its tail around this place, every kind of fanciful idea about how to give public moneys, most of it coming from Common Cause who will not listen. They have a PAC. Most PAC's give money. Common Cause gives you a fit. They have no idea of giving up their particular power, and so they will not go along with limiting the actual expenditures. Oh, we had the opportunity back in 1988. A majority of Senators voted for that one-line constitutional amendment: "Congress is hereby empowered to regulate or control expenditures in Federal elections." With that one line, we can get back to the original intent of 1974 and actually limit spending. That was passed by an overwhelming bipartisan vote, and everyone realizes the then distinguished Senator from New York, Senator Jim Buckley, thought otherwise. He sued the Senate and Secretary Valeo.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.33647
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.65217
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.65217
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.46634
VADER
0.852
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
53.4
Gunning-Fog Score
12.7
Coleman-Liau Index
11.3
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
7.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
43
Sprache Difficult Word Count
47
Ernest Hollings
Under the Buckley versus Valeo decision, anyone of good mind and spirit would say this is the most flawed decision ever raised. Why do I say that? The Buckley versus Valeo decision of the U.S. Supreme Court equated money with speech.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.591
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
65.4
Gunning-Fog Score
7.2
Coleman-Liau Index
10.4
SMOG Index
9.5
Automated Readability Index
3.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.3
Sprache Readability Score
2.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
11
Ernest Hollings
If you thought you had the freedom of speech, you would certainly have the freedom of money. And you are exactly right, if you are rich, you have that freedom. But if you are poor, you do not have it, because they immediately went on with the limitations.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.66667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.66667
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.29928
VADER
0.948
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
77.8
Gunning-Fog Score
9.7
Coleman-Liau Index
8.7
SMOG Index
9.9
Automated Readability Index
6.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
1.8
Sprache Readability Score
3.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
6
Ernest Hollings
More particularly, Mr. President, you can take away your opponent's speech if you are affluent and the opponent is not. Specifically, if your opponent has $50,000 and you have $1 million, you wait until October 10 when people finally get their minds and attention on campaigns, getting ready for the election, then you fill up the airwaves, both radio and TV, the billboards, the yard signs, the newspaper advertising. And by November 1, a week ahead of the election, your family will ask, "What is the matter, aren't you interested? You are not even answering." You do not have the money to answer. You can take away the speech. It is the worst decision that you can possibly think of, particularly in light of the Constitution itself.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
-0.459
Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
61.7
Gunning-Fog Score
12.7
Coleman-Liau Index
10.5
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
7.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
21
Sprache Difficult Word Count
29
Ernest Hollings
If you read article I, section 4 of the Constitution -- and I will read just exactly this:
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
70.1
Gunning-Fog Score
11.5
Coleman-Liau Index
7.7
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
5.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.6
Sprache Readability Score
3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
4
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Ernest Hollings
So, if we have the power at any time by law to alter the manner, it appears to this particular Senator we certainly can take the most grievous practice we have in this land of money in politics and put a control on it. We control the time, the place, the components of a candidacy and otherwise, and you can go on down the list.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
-0.218
Slightly Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
55.4
Gunning-Fog Score
16.7
Coleman-Liau Index
7.5
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
11
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, I rise today to address a problem with which we are all too familiar -- the ever increasing cost of campaign spending. The need for limits on campaign expenditures is more urgent than ever, with the total cost of congressional campaigns skyrocketing from $446 million in 1990 to well over $590 million in 1994. For nearly a quarter of a century, Congress has tried to tackle runaway campaign spending; again and again, Congress has failed.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.19722
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.77778
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.77778
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.7346
VADER
-0.428
Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
56.2
Gunning-Fog Score
12.3
Coleman-Liau Index
11.4
SMOG Index
11.8
Automated Readability Index
9.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.9
Sprache Readability Score
4.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
24
Sprache Difficult Word Count
24
Ernest Hollings
Let us resolve not to repeat the mistakes of past campaign finance reform efforts, which have bogged down in partisanship as Democrats and Republicans each tried to gore the other's sacred cows. During the 103d Congress there was a sign that we could move beyond this partisan bickering, when the Senate in a bipartisan fashion expressed its support for a limit on campaign expenditures. In May 1993, a nonbinding sense-of-the-Senate resolution was agreed to which advocated the adoption of a constitutional amendment empowering Congress and the States to limit campaign expenditures. During the 104th Congress, let's take the next step and adopt such a constitutional amendment -- a simple, straightforward, nonpartisan solution.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.33647
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.37949
VADER
0.785
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
33.2
Gunning-Fog Score
18.1
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
45
Sprache Difficult Word Count
41
Ernest Hollings
As Prof. Gerald G. Ashdown has written in the New England Law Review, amending the Constitution to allow Congress to regulate campaign expenditures is "the most theoretically attractive of the approaches- to-reform since, from a broad free speech perspective, the decision in Buckley is misguided and has worsened the campaign finance atmosphere." Adds Professor Ashdown: "If Congress could constitutionally limit the campaign expenditures of individuals, candidates, and committees, along with contributions, most of the troubles * * * would be eliminated." Right to the point, in its landmark 1976 ruling in Buckley versus Valeo, the Supreme Court mistakenly equated a candidate's right to spend unlimited sums of money with his right to free speech. In the face of spirited dissents, the Court drew a bizarre distinction between campaign contributions on the grounds that "* * * the governmental interest in preventing corruption and the appearance of corruption outweighs considerations of free speech." I have never been able to fathom why that same test -- the governmental interest in preventing corruption and the appearance of corruption -- does not overwhelmingly justify limits on campaign spending. However, it seems to me that the Court committed a far graver error by striking down spending limits as a threat to free speech. The fact is, spending limits in Federal campaigns would act to restore the free speech that has been eroded by the Buckley decision.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.8
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.8
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.00148
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.05263
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.05263
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.10265
VADER
0.959
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
38.9
Gunning-Fog Score
17.7
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.1
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
85
Sprache Difficult Word Count
74
Ernest Hollings
After all, as a practical reality, what Buckley says is: Yes, if you have personal wealth, then you have access to television, you have freedom of speech. But if you do not have personal wealth, then you are denied access to television. Instead of freedom of speech, you have only the freedom to shut up.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.56495
VADER
0.943
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.7
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
65.2
Gunning-Fog Score
11.7
Coleman-Liau Index
9.8
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
8.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.8
Sprache Readability Score
3.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
10
Sprache Difficult Word Count
11
Ernest Hollings
So let us be done with this phony charge that spending limits are somehow an attack on freedom of speech. As Justice Byron White points out, clear as a bell, in his dissent, both contribution limits and spending limits are neutral as to the content of speech and are not motivated by fear of the consequences of the political speech in general.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.3979
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.125
Leans Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.125
Leans Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.23639
VADER
0.8
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
48.5
Gunning-Fog Score
16.3
Coleman-Liau Index
10.6
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
16
Sprache Difficult Word Count
20
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, every Senator realizes that television advertising is the name of the game in modern American politics. In warfare, if you control the air, you control the battlefield. In politics, if you control the airwaves, you control the tenor and focus of a campaign.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.58779
VADER
-0.586
Very Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
48.8
Gunning-Fog Score
10.7
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
11.8
Automated Readability Index
7.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.6
Sprache Readability Score
3.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
20
Sprache Difficult Word Count
16
Ernest Hollings
Probably 80 percent of campaign communications take place through the medium of television. And most of that TV airtime comes at a dear price. In South Carolina, you're talking between $1,000 and $2,000 for 30 seconds of primetime advertising. In New York City, it's anywhere from $30,000 to $40,000 for the same 30 seconds.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0.382
Somewhat Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
81.3
Gunning-Fog Score
9.9
Coleman-Liau Index
7.6
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
4.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
3.7
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
16
Ernest Hollings
The hard fact of life for a candidate is that if you're not on TV, you're not truly in the race. Wealthy challengers as well as incumbents flushed with money go directly to the TV studio. Those without personal wealth are sidetracked to the time-consuming pursuit of cash.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.34
Somewhat Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
67.7
Gunning-Fog Score
13.1
Coleman-Liau Index
10.4
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
7.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5
Sprache Readability Score
4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
13
Sprache Difficult Word Count
17
Ernest Hollings
The Buckley decision created a double bind. It upheld restrictions on campaign contributions, but struck down restrictions on how much candidates with deep pockets can spend. The Court ignored the practical reality that if my opponent has only $50,000 to spend in a race and I have $1 million, then I can effectively deprive him of his speech. By failing to respond to my advertising, my cash-poor opponent will appear unwilling to speak up in his own defense.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.66667
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.66667
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.29928
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.125
Leans Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.125
Leans Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.23639
VADER
-0.838
Very Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
56.5
Gunning-Fog Score
15
Coleman-Liau Index
11.1
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
10.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.9
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
20
Sprache Difficult Word Count
27
Ernest Hollings
Justice Thurgood Marshall zeroed in on this disparity in his dissent to Buckley. By striking down the limit on what a candidate can spend, Justice Marshall said, "It would appear to follow that the candidate with a substantial personal fortune at his disposal is off to a significant head start." Indeed, Justice Marshall went further: He argued that by upholding the limitations on contributions but striking down limits on overall spending, the Court put an additional premium on a candidate's personal wealth.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.70805
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.874
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
36.7
Gunning-Fog Score
18.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.1
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
30
Sprache Difficult Word Count
27
Ernest Hollings
Justice Marshall was dead right. Our urgent task is to right the injustice of Buckley versus Valeo by empowering Congress to place caps on Federal campaign spending. We are all painfully aware of the uncontrolled escalation of campaign spending. The average cost of a winning Senate race was $1.2 million in 1980, rising to $2.1 million in 1984, and skyrocketing to $3.1 million in 1986, $3.7 million in 1988, and up to $4.1 million this past year. To raise that kind of money, the average Senator must raise over $13,200 a week, every week of his or her 6-year term. Overall spending in congressional races increased from $403 million in 1990 to more than $590 million in 1994 -- almost a 50- percent increase in 4 short years.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.33647
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.11111
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.11111
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.20067
VADER
-0.401
Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
66.3
Gunning-Fog Score
14.5
Coleman-Liau Index
8
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
8.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
29
Sprache Difficult Word Count
32
Ernest Hollings
This obsession with money distracts us from the people's business. At worst, it corrupts and degrades the entire political process. Fundraisers used to be arranged so they didn't conflict with the Senate schedule; nowadays, the Senate schedule is regularly shifted to accommodate fundraisers.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.3979
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.25
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.25
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.45199
VADER
-0.887
Very Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
38.8
Gunning-Fog Score
12.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
8.8
Sprache Readability Score
4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
22
Sprache Difficult Word Count
20
Ernest Hollings
I have run for statewide office 16 times in South Carolina. You establish a certain campaign routine, say, shaking hands at a mill shift in Greer, visiting a big country store outside of Belton, and so on. Over the years, they look for you and expect you to come around. But in recent years, those mill visits and dropping by the country store have become a casualty of the system. There is very little time for them. We're out chasing dollars.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.42857
Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.42857
Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.78846
VADER
-0.459
Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
74.1
Gunning-Fog Score
7.4
Coleman-Liau Index
9.6
SMOG Index
8.5
Automated Readability Index
5.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.4
Sprache Readability Score
3.9
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
14
Sprache Difficult Word Count
20
Ernest Hollings
During my 1986 reelection campaign, I found myself raising money to get on TV to raise money to get on TV to raise money to get on TV. It's a vicious cycle.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-2.70805
VADER
-0.361
Somewhat Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
79.6
Gunning-Fog Score
7.7
Coleman-Liau Index
5.7
SMOG Index
7.3
Automated Readability Index
3.8
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.7
Sprache Readability Score
3.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
8
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7
Ernest Hollings
After the election, I held a series of town meetings across the State. Friends asked, "Why are you doing these town meetings: You just got elected. You've got 6 years." To which I answered, "I'm doing it because it's my first chance to really get out and meet with the people who elected me. I didn't get much of a chance during the campaign. I was too busy chasing bucks." I had a similar experience in 1992.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.58779
VADER
0.727
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
85.8
Gunning-Fog Score
7.5
Coleman-Liau Index
7.8
SMOG Index
8.6
Automated Readability Index
3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.8
Sprache Readability Score
3.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
16
Sprache Difficult Word Count
17
Ernest Hollings
I remember Senator Richard Russell saying: "They give you a 6-year term in this U.S. Senate: 2 years to be a statesman, the next 2 years to be a politician, and the last 2 years to be a demagog." Regrettably, we are no longer afforded even 2 years as statesmen. We proceed straight to politics and demagoguery right after the election because of the imperatives of raising money.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.58779
VADER
-0.511
Very Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
65.7
Gunning-Fog Score
11.9
Coleman-Liau Index
8.9
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
5.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.8
Sprache Readability Score
3.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
18
Sprache Difficult Word Count
18
Ernest Hollings
My proposed constitutional amendment would change all this. It would empower Congress to impose reasonable spending limits on Federal campaigns. For instance, we could impose a limit of, say, $800,000 per Senate candidate in a small State like South Carolina -- a far cry from the millions spent by my opponent and me in 1992. And bear in mind that direct expenditures account for only a portion of total spending. For instance, my 1992 opponent's direct expenditures were supplemented by hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenditures by independent organizations and by the State and local Republican Party. When you total up spending from all sources, my challenger and I spent roughly the same amount in 1992.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.06667
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.06667
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.12516
VADER
-0.202
Slightly Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
50.4
Gunning-Fog Score
13.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
37
Sprache Difficult Word Count
37
Ernest Hollings
And incidentally, Mr. President, let's be done with the canard that spending limits would be a boon to incumbents, who supposedly already have name recognition and standing with the public and therefore begin with a built-in advantage over challengers. Nonsense. I hardly need to remind my Senate colleagues of the high rate of mortality in upper Chamber elections. And as to the alleged invulnerability of incumbents in the House, I would simply note that more than 50 percent of the House membership has been replaced since the 1990 elections.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.36772
VADER
-0.077
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
49.4
Gunning-Fog Score
14.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
10.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.8
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
28
Sprache Difficult Word Count
32
Ernest Hollings
I can tell you from experience that any advantages of incumbency are more than counterbalanced by the obvious disadvantages of incumbency, specifically the disadvantage of defending hundreds of controversial votes in Congress.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.6
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.6
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
-0.586
Very Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
0
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.5
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
12
Sprache Difficult Word Count
11
Ernest Hollings
I also agree with University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato, who has suggested a doctrine of sufficiency with regard to campaign spending. Professor Sabato puts it this way: "While challengers tend to be underfunded, they can compete effectively if they are capable and have sufficient money to present themselves and their messages." Moreover, Mr. President, I submit that once we have overall spending limits, it will matter little whether a candidate gets money from industry groups, or from PAC's, or from individuals. It is still a reasonable -- "sufficient," to use Professor Sabato's term -- amount any way you cut it. Spending will be under control, and we will be able to account for every dollar going out.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.6
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.6
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.57895
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.57895
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.23676
VADER
0.751
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
39.5
Gunning-Fog Score
14
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
39
Sprache Difficult Word Count
41
Ernest Hollings
On the issue of PAC's, Mr. President, let me say that I have never believed that PAC's per se are an evil in the current system. On the contrary, PAC's are a very healthy instrumentality of politics. PAC's have brought people into the political process: nurses, educators, small business people, senior citizens, unionists, you name it. They permit people of modest means and limited individual influence to band together with others of mutual interest so their message is heard and known.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.42857
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.42857
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.8473
VADER
-0.087
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
48.3
Gunning-Fog Score
13.4
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
28
Sprache Difficult Word Count
32
Ernest Hollings
For years we have encouraged these people to get involved, to participate. Yet now that they are participating, we turn around and say, "Oh, no, your influence is corrupting, your money is tainted." This is wrong. The evil to be corrected is not the abundance of participation but the superabundance of money. The culprit is runaway campaign spending.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.58779
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.99853
VADER
-0.557
Very Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.3
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
56.5
Gunning-Fog Score
11.5
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
7.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.7
Sprache Readability Score
3.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
15
Sprache Difficult Word Count
16
Ernest Hollings
To a distressing degree, elections are determined not in the political marketplace but in the financial marketplace. Our elections are supposed to be contests of ideas, but too often they degenerate into megadollar derbies, paper chases through the board rooms of corporations and special interests.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.71
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
22.3
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.1
Sprache Readability Score
4.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
17
Sprache Difficult Word Count
13
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, I repeat, campaign spending must be brought under control. The constitutional amendment I have proposed would permit Congress to impose fair, responsible, workable limits on Federal campaign expenditures.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.2
Leans Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.33647
VADER
0.34
Somewhat Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
30.3
Gunning-Fog Score
12
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
9.4
Sprache Readability Score
3.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
17
Sprache Difficult Word Count
17
Ernest Hollings
Such a reform would have four important impacts. First, it would end the mindless pursuits of ever-fatter campaign war chests. Second, it would free candidates from their current obsession with fundraising and allow them to focus more on issues and ideas; once elected to office, we wouldn't have to spend 20 percent of our time raising money to keep our seats. Third, it would curb the influence of special interests. And fourth, it would create a more level playing field for our Federal campaigns -- a competitive environment where personal wealth does not give candidates an insurmountable advantage.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.99853
VADER
0.862
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
55.7
Gunning-Fog Score
13.1
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
29
Sprache Difficult Word Count
33
Ernest Hollings
Finally, Mr. President, a word about the advantages of the amend-the- Constitution approach that I propose. Recent history amply demonstrates the practicality and viability of this constitutional route. Certainly, it is not coincidence that all five of the most recent amendments to the Constitution have dealt with Federal election issues. In elections, the process drives and shapes the end result. Election laws can skew election results, whether you're talking about a poll tax depriving minorities of their right to vote, or the absence of campaign spending limits giving an unfair advantage to wealthy candidates. These are profound issues which go to the heart of our democracy, and it is entirely appropriate that they be addressed through a constitutional amendment.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.58779
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.36842
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.36842
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.73089
VADER
0.836
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.8
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
40.7
Gunning-Fog Score
14.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
48
Sprache Difficult Word Count
49
Ernest Hollings
And let's not be distracted by the argument that the amend-the- Constitution approach will take too long. Take too long? We have been dithering on this campaign finance issue since the early 1970's, and we haven't advanced the ball a single yard. It has been a quarter of a century, and no legislative solution has done the job.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.51083
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
-0.418
Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
7.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
70
Gunning-Fog Score
10
Coleman-Liau Index
9.7
SMOG Index
10.8
Automated Readability Index
6.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.5
Sprache Readability Score
3.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
14
Sprache Difficult Word Count
17
Ernest Hollings
The last five constitutional amendments took an average of 17 months to be adopted. There is no reason why we cannot pass this joint resolution, submit it to the States for a vote, and ratify the amendment in time for it to govern the 1996 election. Indeed, the amend-the-Constitution approach could prove more expeditious than the alternative legislative approach. Bear in mind that the various public financing bills that have been proposed would all be vulnerable to a Presidential veto. In contrast, this joint resolution, once passed by the Congress, goes directly to the States for ratification. Once ratified, it becomes the law of the land, and it is not subject to veto or Supreme Court challenge.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.3979
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.27273
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.27273
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.51083
VADER
0.34
Somewhat Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
52.3
Gunning-Fog Score
14.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
35
Sprache Difficult Word Count
41
Ernest Hollings
And, by the way, I reject the argument that if we were to pass and ratify this amendment, Democrats and Republicans would be unable to hammer out a mutually acceptable formula of campaign expenditure limits. A Democratic Congress and Republican President did exactly that in 1974, and we can certainly do it again.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.19722
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.2
Slightly Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.33647
VADER
-0.128
Leans Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
31.5
Gunning-Fog Score
18.1
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
20
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, this joint resolution will address the campaign finance mess directly, decisively, and with finality. The Supreme Court has chosen to ignore the overwhelming importance of media advertising in today's campaigns. In the Buckley decision, it prescribed a bogus if-you-have-the-money-you-can-talk version of free speech. In its place, I urge passage of this joint resolution, the freedom of speech in political campaigns amendment. Let us ensure equal freedom of expression for all who seek Federal office.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.33333
Somewhat Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.64663
VADER
0.947
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
48.1
Gunning-Fog Score
12.3
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
35
Sprache Difficult Word Count
38
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, we have the Committee on the Constitutional System. I will read the first sentence by the distinguished chairman at the time, Lloyd N. Cutler:
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.077
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.1
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
70.1
Gunning-Fog Score
4.1
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
8.2
Automated Readability Index
4.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.8
Sprache Readability Score
2.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
10
Ernest Hollings
I will skip over some just to read the conclusion on the third page.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
4.2
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
89.9
Gunning-Fog Score
8.5
Coleman-Liau Index
6.9
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
3.7
Dale-Chall Readability Score
1.8
Sprache Readability Score
2.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
1
Sprache Difficult Word Count
2
Ernest Hollings
I ask unanimous consent that the entire testimony of Lloyd Cutler be printed in the Record at this point.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
54
Gunning-Fog Score
11.8
Coleman-Liau Index
10.8
SMOG Index
11.3
Automated Readability Index
9.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.8
Sprache Readability Score
3.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, I read this sentence on the third page:
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
0.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
100
Gunning-Fog Score
2
Coleman-Liau Index
8.9
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
0.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
3.4
Sprache Readability Score
1.6
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
2
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, I take the position -- for those who are interested in the Bill of Rights and the first amendment and the freedom of speech -- that the Supreme Court erroneously amended the Constitution, or deteriorated the value and worth of the freedom of speech under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.51083
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.77778
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.77778
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.7346
VADER
0.958
Very Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
48.7
Gunning-Fog Score
15
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
10
Sprache Difficult Word Count
15
Ernest Hollings
So what we are trying to do is not treat lightly, by any manner or means, the Constitution or amendments. Others will get up and say we have had 3,564 amendments offered and here comes another. Not at all. We have tried in Congress after Congress after Congress, for over 20- some years now, to correct this particular flawed decision of Buckley versus Valeo, and get back to controlling spending in politics. The one way to do it is take the amendment that I have, which I will send to the desk. This amendment would provide the authority for both the United States and the several States within their particular jurisdiction, because it was asked to be amended accordingly at the time we debated it last, on how the States also ought to have this particular authority.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.25
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.47957
VADER
0.382
Somewhat Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
57.8
Gunning-Fog Score
14.4
Coleman-Liau Index
10.3
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.9
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
33
Sprache Difficult Word Count
30
Ernest Hollings
The last 10 amendments to the Constitution -- their time for ratification has been 20 months. There is no doubt in this particular Senator's mind that this could easily be ratified next November 1996. Then the Congress could come back and they could get to this bundling problem, this third party problem, and they can get to all the little tricks in politics, national committees, individual committees, and everything else of that kind, and we can legislate the honest intent of a majority of Democrats and Republicans in a former session, getting back to what we intended in 1974. We said on the floor of this body that you cannot buy this election anymore. Instead, under Buckley versus Valeo, that is the only way.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.6
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.6
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
-0.409
Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
49.8
Gunning-Fog Score
15.4
Coleman-Liau Index
11.3
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
31
Sprache Difficult Word Count
32
Ernest Hollings
We have a candidate right now for President who has never run for anything, and he has one idea about the flat tax that will give himself a tax cut, and he is buying up $25 million of airwaves in the Republican primaries. That would ordinarily be an embarrassment. The fact that it is accepted has embarrassed this particular Senator.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.94591
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
-0.66
Very Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
10.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
55.4
Gunning-Fog Score
14
Coleman-Liau Index
10.4
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
9.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.2
Sprache Readability Score
4.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
12
Sprache Difficult Word Count
15
Ernest Hollings
We have to get away from that kind of nonsense. Just because you are rich and you can buy up time and you have never even been in a campaign, and others have been in there 2, 3 years, you can get up there in 2 months and run No. 2 -- just by money? A flat tax is no unique idea. Come on. So that is what is occurring. We ought to all be embarrassed, and we ought to jump at the chance of correcting it.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.09091
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.09091
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.16705
VADER
-0.667
Very Negative
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
2.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
96
Gunning-Fog Score
7.2
Coleman-Liau Index
4.7
SMOG Index
8.1
Automated Readability Index
1.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
1.7
Sprache Readability Score
2.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
6
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be temporarily laid aside.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-0.33333
Somewhat Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-0.51083
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
9.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
36.6
Gunning-Fog Score
11.4
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
7.6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
8.2
Sprache Readability Score
2.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
7
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
42.5
Gunning-Fog Score
6.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
5.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, I send the amendment to the desk.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
1.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
89.5
Gunning-Fog Score
6.2
Coleman-Liau Index
8.3
SMOG Index
7.3
Automated Readability Index
0.2
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
1.4
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
3
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Kyl). The clerk will report.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
3.9
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
72.2
Gunning-Fog Score
1.2
Coleman-Liau Index
11.6
SMOG Index
7.9
Automated Readability Index
2.1
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.4
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
6
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0.226
Slightly Positive
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
6.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
60.7
Gunning-Fog Score
8.5
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
9
Automated Readability Index
6
Dale-Chall Readability Score
7.1
Sprache Readability Score
2.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
6
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
8.5
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
42.5
Gunning-Fog Score
6.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
10.3
Automated Readability Index
5.9
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.5
Sprache Readability Score
1.5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
4
Ernest Hollings
Mr. President, I yield the floor.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Harvard-IV (Logit)
-1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
0
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
100
Gunning-Fog Score
1.2
Coleman-Liau Index
8.6
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
0
Dale-Chall Readability Score
8
Sprache Readability Score
1.3
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
3
Ernest Hollings
Mr. BYRD addressed the Chair.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
0
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
100
Gunning-Fog Score
1
Coleman-Liau Index
11.2
SMOG Index
3.3
Automated Readability Index
1.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
9.6
Sprache Readability Score
1.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
3
Sprache Difficult Word Count
3
The Presiding Officer
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0
Neutral
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
11.6
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
24.5
Gunning-Fog Score
8.5
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
8.3
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6
Sprache Readability Score
2.1
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
5
Sprache Difficult Word Count
7