Harvard: 27% of Congressional Communication is 'Taunting' 6.17K Jim Newell 04/07/11 01:06PM Filed to: Studies Studies Congress taunting Harvard Gettypic Tweetg Fb A crack team of Harvard researchers have determined that "modern members of Congress spend about 27 percent of the time just taunting each other." That's much lower than we would have expected. It's great news!