A public record of legislative judgment 119th Congress · Method full_text_v4
The Quiet Ledger
Methodology · full_text_v4 · Frozen

The standard is written down. It does not move.

Eight criteria. Ninety points. The same questions for every bill. What appears here is the same set of constants the grader runs.

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Total available 90

From points to a letter.

The total is divided by ninety. The share sets the letter. The cut points are fixed.

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What the grader does not read.

Not the sponsorWho wrote the bill is not an input.
Not the partyParty is never read and never weighed.
Not the titleThe title is tested against the text. It earns nothing alone.

Each grade records the method version that produced it. Known limitations are published with the method. [Link to limitations document]