J.D. Rackey
@JDRackey
Associate Director, @BPC_Bipartisan | Fmr. @ModernizeCmte | Interested in all things Congress 🏛 | Opinions = My Own, RT ≠ Endorsements | he/him
Modernizing Congress is a sprawling portfolio of issues that can often be unwieldly! That’s why my @BPC_Bipartisan colleagues & I put together a new -LIVE & searchable- database of the @ModernizeCmte’s 200+ recommendations! bipartisanpolicy.org/modernizing-co…
Congress continues to be a mess but Modernization marches on! Technically, this rec (#28) was already considered closed but this new system is a vast improvement compared to the previous patchwork of options. The MIA is essential to continued progress!
MODERNIZATION update in the House: Closed captioning services now available for House Committees - 98% accuracy rate - real-time captions on committee room screens - attendees scan a QR code to access captions on their phones/tablets funded by Modernization Initiatives Acct
Important victory for Congress here: the executive branch can't conceal its apportionments (actual allocation of funds) despite statutory requirement that they publicize them.
⚖️ In CREW v. OMB/Protect Democracy Project v. OMB (transparency regarding OMB's apportionment of funds), Judge Emmet Sullivan (D.C.) GRANTS plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment in part, and DENIES it in part. In a nutshell, he granted the MSJs as to OMB's removal of the…
Grass is always greener. Have heard from many Republicans who regret how the 6-year term limit has become a disincentive for staying in the House.
Ansari comparing House R/D committee assignments & advancement:
Self-executing rule usage through the 118th Congress via our most recent data.
House now voting to “deem” as passed the spending cut bill for public broadcasting and USAID
@kevinrkosar on the self-defeating appropriations politics playing out in Congress and the civil society groups working to avoid the worst outcomes. 🔗⬇️ @BPCAction @BPC_Bipartisan wrote to Senate appropriators urging them to keep even funding levels for GAO in order to maintain…
The bipartisan efforts of the Subcommittee on Modernization & Innovation are quietly improving functionality in Congress, @JDRackey told @rollcall. This week, the subcommittee launched a first-of-its-kind staff directory to improve connectivity across House offices and…
Behind the scenes, congressional modernization is still happening this Congress! Thanks @justinjpapp1 for taking the time to dig in. rollcall.com/2025/07/07/the…
Senate GOP tactics to make 2017 tax cuts "permanent" required a nuclear move on Senate floor-- weakening authority of the parliamentarian, blowing hole in Byrd Rule, & possibly making future debt crisis more likely. New @goodauth post on fallout from the goodauthority.org/news/three-big…
As I said, modernization is still happening! x.com/JDRackey/statu…
Behind the scenes, congressional modernization is still happening this Congress! Thanks @justinjpapp1 for taking the time to dig in. rollcall.com/2025/07/07/the…
Bipartisan coalition urges Senate Appropriations to avoid counterproductive budget cuts at the Government Accountability Office and the Library of Congress. 🔗⬇️
Behind the scenes, congressional modernization is still happening this Congress! Thanks @justinjpapp1 for taking the time to dig in. rollcall.com/2025/07/07/the…
Behind the scenes, congressional modernization is still happening this Congress! Thanks @justinjpapp1 for taking the time to dig in. rollcall.com/2025/07/07/the…
Behind the scenes, congressional modernization is still happening this Congress! Thanks @justinjpapp1 for taking the time to dig in. rollcall.com/2025/07/07/the…
Why are members of Congress on X.com, BlueSky, etc.? Don't they have anything better to do? Prof. Annelise Russell explains: understandingcongress.org/podcast/why-ar… @AEI
1) there should not be appropriations in reconciliation. 2) OMB doesn’t need $100M dollars. Executive Office of the President is well funded. If OMB thinks they need this, they should come explain it to appropriators and get their buy-in, not sneak it by. Not to mention the…
Senate reconciliation bill includes a $100M appropriation for OMB
The parl's job is to give advice. As @JDRackey and I point out here, parliamentary decisions are ultimately up to senators to decide. If Rs have the votes to do something contrary to the advice of the parl, they will. But in this case... bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/what…
It’s been a Hill of a ride, so far: We dug deep into the photo archives to help celebrate Roll Call’s 70th anniversary. Enjoy these blasts from the past: ow.ly/KlqB50WbCoG