Thread by @FloorCharts

Y'all, today is a big day!

IT'S THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY OF FLOORCHARTS.

~9 YEARS~ of collecting, cataloguing, sharing, rambling, watching and *everything* else related to this crazy thing I decided to start one night.

EVERYONE JOIN ME FOR A THREAD. Full.of.charts.

First: This all started in 2012 because of @nielslesniewski and @elisefoley wondering - as Senator Durbin chatted about energy drinks with a giant 5 Hour Energy Drink (seen below) - why there wasn't an archive of these things.

And then: rollcall.com/2012/11/16/you…

I worked for the wonderful world of C-SPAN at the time, so always had it on at home, and was staring at Twitter...and well, decided this could be a thing. So I popped up a @tumblr.

The most popular chart in 2012?

The vintage @ChuckGrassley Debt and Deficit Dragon, of course.

Now we get to 2013.

First: Is a hamburger manufacturing? Congress and the WH want you to know... (This isn't from 2013, but I found it then.)

But the most popular? @SenWhitehouse and conspiracies and #climatechange

Now onto 2014 and y'all - it was a time.

First: The evergreen public media debate showcased by - pink-slipping Bert and Ernie!

Second: Politicians are trying to kill the internet.

Bonus: An ambassador is sworn in on an e-reader!

2014 bonus: I found these vintage @NintendoAmerica and @SEGA charts in Congress during video game regulation discussions.

Lethal Enforcers. Super Scope.

Zoom! (No, not that platform). It is 2015!

Single most popular moment: @JimInhofe and his snowball. People still talk about it today when they meet me.

But that's not all:

Former Sen. McCain really liked talking about catfish inspections. He had a buddy.

But we also saw MEMES get a moment in the sun. @SenMarkey and @RepDougCollins

Who remembers 2016? That wasn't a big year, was it?

Well, on the hill: Congressional cameras turned off during the gun legislation sit-in and we saw cell phone cameras and ... props. Of course.

(And pizza calories, Cuba and @SenJohnBarrasso Hillary Clinton meme.)

2-0-1-7. 2-0-1-7. 2-0-1-7.

The famous inauguration prop. We've all seen it.

POKEMON. What's up @JeffFlake?

But wait ...there's more...

.@Stranger_Things had its moment with @RepCicilline.

And @rosadelauro with this gem that never gets ... old!

Bonus 2017: The foreign prop heard round Europe.

"He's lying to you."

There were two "what the what" moments in 2018:

@SenRandPaul stopped Twitter cold with the risky sex habits of quails.

And it was #internationalchartsday hosted by @YuriBeckelman, who not only helped me officially make it into the Congressional Record, but also popped up Congressional Chart Art gallery. A behind-the-scenes inception moment: A picture of Rob Woodall with a chart of himself.

2019 was a moment for the trolling.

See: @RepCohen and his fried chicken and @SenThomTillis with ... Rep. Cohen and his fried chicken.

And nobody could forget: @SenMikeLee's #GreenNewDeal with the props heard round Washington.

Here's a few.

WE'RE ALREADY AT 2020. There were a lot. I'm still actually archiving 2020. So many y'all.

Bu two favorites:

@SenJoniErnst with her turtle and treadmill.

And @ChrisMurphyCT pulls out another popular meme.

But there were so many.

2021 has a lot. I can't honestly share all of them.

#hotFERCsummer
Scooby Doo
Joni Ernst and LIFE ()and Spin to Win!)

Bonus mention in general:

I'm sad that GIPHY doesn't have this Tom Coburn gif, which really made everyone stand up and take notice.

2013 - my phone truly blew up with this @cspan moment.

I couldn't do this without ALL the congressional staff, reporters, producers, think tankers, political scientists, congress nerds & so many others who tweet me, text me, ask questions and think this is fun.

Also: There's a book coffee-table book: kickstarter.com/projects/floor…

WHATS IN THE PLAN? @RepHartzler