Trends from the dashboard

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• Dashboard Improvements
• Group similar committees together (e.g., Agriculture Dems/GOP) using visual clusters.
• Add metrics for most consistent and least consistent performers across Congresses.
• Key Trends in the 119th Congress
• Defense & Budget Committees Lead
• Appropriations, Armed Services, Homeland Security → 90–98% completion.
• Success driven by urgency, money, and oversight.
• Domestic Policy Committees Lag
• Energy & Commerce, Agriculture, Veterans, Small Business, Education, Natural Resources → near 0%.
• Reflects fewer resources and weaker pressure.
• Partisan Splits
• Judiciary: Dems = 28.4%, GOP = 0%.
• Financial Services: Full = 55.1%, GOP = 0%.
• Modernization varies by party.
• Foreign Affairs Weakness
• Both handles near 0% adoption despite global importance.
• Science & Technology Paradox
• Only 5.3% success despite overseeing innovation.
• Institutional Risk
• House Administration = 0% → modernization not reaching core House management.
• Takeaway
• Modernization is polarized:
• ✅ Strong in defense/budget committees.
• ❌ Weak in domestic and institutional committees.
• ⚖️ Partisan gaps in Judiciary and Financial Services.
• 🚩 Science/Tech and House Admin underperform where they should lead.
• Visual Summary
• Green (Leaders): Appropriations, Armed Services, Homeland.
• Orange (Middle): Financial Services (Full), Judiciary Dems.
• Red (Laggards): Energy & Commerce, Judiciary GOP, House Admin, Budget, Agriculture, etc.