Religious Rhetoric in the Contemporary Senate: 112th Congress Analysis

Senator Inhofe (R-OK) threw a snowball on the Senate floor because he believed global warming did not exist. The reason it does not exist according to Senator Inhofe is because the holy scriptures says so. Religious rhetoric in the contemporary Senate is uncharted territory. In the pages below, you will find out about the 112th Congress. Specifically, you will find out who and how senators used religious rhetoric. You see an analysis based off of previous analyses of presidential rhetoric. A comprehensive view of the 112th Congress and how that view used religious rhetoric through text analysis of all senate speeches. The findings are found below through an additional analysis of means and regressions.