Assault weapons ban passed in House of Representatives

Jul 30, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    34% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    32% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    86% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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Overall Sentiment

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"The House of Representatives voted to pass an assault weapons ban Friday evening, with legislators narrowly approving the bill with a 217-213 vote."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Today, House Democrats acted by unifying to pass an assault weapons ban to keep weapons of war off our streets, save lives in this country, and reduce crime in our communities."
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-18% Liberal
"President Biden said that a majority of Americans agree with the assault weapons ban and called on the Senate to pass it."
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-28% Liberal
"There can be no greater responsibility than to do all we can to ensure the safety of our families, our children, our homes, our communities, and our nation, Biden said."
Positive
0% Conservative
"President Biden said that a majority of Americans agree with the assault weapons ban and called on the Senate to pass it."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Two Republicans, Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pe., and Chris Jacobs, R-N.Y., broke with their party to vote yes on the bill."
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-42% Liberal
"Two Republicans, Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pe., and Chris Jacobs, R-N.Y., broke with their party to vote yes on the bill."
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-42% Liberal
"Five Democrats, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas; Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oreg., and Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisc. broke with their party to vote no."
Negative
-62% Liberal
"Five Democrats, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas; Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oreg., and Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisc. broke with their party to vote no."
Negative
-62% Liberal
"Five Democrats, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas; Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oreg., and Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisc. broke with their party to vote no."
Negative
-62% Liberal
"Five Democrats, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas; Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oreg., and Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisc. broke with their party to vote no."
Negative
-62% Liberal
"Five Democrats, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas; Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oreg., and Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisc. broke with their party to vote no."
Negative
-62% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The House of Representatives voted to pass an assault weapons ban Friday evening, with legislators narrowly approving the bill with a 217-213 vote.
41% : "Today, House Democrats acted by unifying to pass an assault weapons ban to keep weapons of war off our streets, save lives in this country, and reduce crime in our communities."
36% : President Biden said that a majority of Americans agree with the assault weapons ban and called on the Senate to pass it.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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