JD Rackey
@jdrackey.bsky.social
Associate Director of Structural Democracy @ Bipartisan Policy Center | Fmr. @ModernizeCmte | Interested in all things Congress 🏛 | Opinions = My Own, RT ≠ Endorsements | he/him
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Our Politics of Impeachment and Consequences for Democracy
The House’s impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is the first time since 1876 that a cabinet secretary has been impeached and only the second time in history. But this is j...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Federalist 65 argued these measures should induce “a perpetual ostracism from the esteem and confidence, and honors and emoluments of his country.” The rise in their introduction has made them trivial and allows them to be dismissed as partisan witch hunts.
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Federalist 65 argued these measures should induce “a perpetual ostracism from the esteem and confidence, and honors and emoluments of his country.” The rise in their introduction has made them trivial and allows them to be dismissed as partisan witch hunts.
For more on the growing interbranch conflict, see this great piece from @kevinrkosar.bsky.social www.understandingcongress.org/2025/11/14/s...
Senate and Trump on a collision course over the leadership of the GAO - UnderstandingCongress.org
Gene L. Dodaro is not a household name. He is a mild-mannered man who is rarely seen without a necktie and dark suit, and who speaks in a flat, matter-of-fact tone. He has worked for the federal gover...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
For more on the growing interbranch conflict, see this great piece from @kevinrkosar.bsky.social www.understandingcongress.org/2025/11/14/s...
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What is the Role of the Comptroller General? • Bipartisan Policy Center
The comptroller general leads the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan legislative branch agency that provides Congress and the heads of executive branch agencies with information and...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Instead, we should think about it in the context of the all too common calendar and scheduling issues that Congress faces. Cancelling session days makes an already difficult committee scheduling process that much more impossible. bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/optimiz...
Optimizing the U.S. Congressional Calendar to Boost Legislative Productivity | Bipartisan Policy Center
For decades, the standard rhythm for members of the House of Representatives has been to fly into Washington on Monday evening and depart on…
bipartisanpolicy.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Instead, we should think about it in the context of the all too common calendar and scheduling issues that Congress faces. Cancelling session days makes an already difficult committee scheduling process that much more impossible. bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/optimiz...
See also my and @lmcbell.bsky.social’s work on the needed revitalization of congressional committees in the post-Chevron era. www.thefai.org/posts/govern...
Government by Committee: (Re)centering Congressional Committees in the Policy Process | The Foundation for American Innovation
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October 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
See also my and @lmcbell.bsky.social’s work on the needed revitalization of congressional committees in the post-Chevron era. www.thefai.org/posts/govern...
Our thoughts here draw heavily from @bipartisanpolicy.org’s Working Group on Congress, Courts, and Administrative Law which met last summer and developed an array of potential responses. bipartisanpolicy.org/congress-cou...
BPC's Working Group on Congress, Courts, and Administrative Law | Bipartisan Policy Center
BPC’s Working Group on Congress, Courts, and Administrative Law will develop tools to help Congress respond both to legal need and political reality, and…
bipartisanpolicy.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Our thoughts here draw heavily from @bipartisanpolicy.org’s Working Group on Congress, Courts, and Administrative Law which met last summer and developed an array of potential responses. bipartisanpolicy.org/congress-cou...