Associate Director of Structural Democracy @ Bipartisan Policy Center | Fmr. House Modernization Cmte | Interested in all things Congress 🏛 | Opinions = My Own, RT ≠ Endorsements | he/him
JD Rackey
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Congress has increasingly been described as chaotic! In a new piece for @bipartisanpolicy.org, @michaelthorning.bsky.social & I argue that the nature of the chaos is in the eye of the beholder stemming from the model that one prefers the institution operate under. 🔗👇
This new piece is the second in our budding series where we discuss the current state and potential future of the legislative branch, Congress at a Crossroads. The start of our series is here: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/cong...
Congress has increasingly been described as chaotic! In a new piece for @bipartisanpolicy.org, @michaelthorning.bsky.social & I argue that the nature of the chaos is in the eye of the beholder stemming from the model that one prefers the institution operate under. 🔗👇
Whoah. As @hoyer.house.gov is arguing to member COLA, court issues opinion that says (cursory look) 27th amendment stops approps from varying pay in the way it has for 15 years. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
New data for the 2024 election and the 119th Congress is available here: www.brookings.edu/articles/vit...
Thanks to the hard work of the Modernization Subcommittee continuous progress is being made to implement Select Committee recommendations! 84% of recs have been Closed or are In Progress towards implementation! Check out the details in the newly updated @bipartisanpolicy.org tracker 🔗👇
ICYMI, the recording is now live!
Members and the public must decide what kind of legislature they want. That discussion is the necessary precursor to any discussions about the internal structures and capacities needed in the First Branch. bipartisanpolicy.org/article/cong...
bipartisanpolicy.org/article/moni...
It's Tax Day! Here's a thread on what we know about how the tax filing season has gone so far. 🧵
REFUNDS: ⬆️ than last year, ⬇️ than some predicted. Current average is $3,462, which is $346 (11%) higher than 2025.
Some were predicting $3,800 or $4,000+. Haven't seen that yet.
