select Media Appearances:
Nazzaro, Miranda. “Congressional Hackathon Signals Mentality Shift Over Emerging Tech.” FEDSCOOP. September 19, 2025.
Strassel, Kim. “Making Congress Great Again.” The Wall Street Journal. August 19, 2025.
Papp, Justin. “They Wanted to ‘Fix Congress.’ They Still Do, Modernizers Say.” Roll Call. July 7, 2025
Gerton, Terry. “An Objective Look at Congress’ Ability to Conduct Effective Oversight.” The Federal Drive, Federal News Network.
June 9, 2025.Behrmann, Savannah. “Q&A with J.D. Rackey.” National Journal. May 1, 2025.
Papp, Justin. “Outside Groups Call on Congress to Buck the Trend and Invest in Itself.” Roll Call. April 9, 2025.
The Government Affairs Institute. “Congressional Primaries with J.D. Rackey.” Congress, Two Beers In. January 17, 2025.
Saksa, Jim. “More Congressional Staff? Conservatives Are Coming Around to the Idea.” Roll Call. July 30, 2024.
Temin, Tom. “The Supreme Court Chevron Decision Spreads Wider and Wider.” The Federal Drive, Federal News Network.
July 16, 2024.Bipartisan Policy Center, “Ep. 174: Life After Chevron’s Death-The Potential Impacts of SCOTUS Decisions on Immigration Policy.” This Week in Immigration Podcast. July 16, 2024.
Vu, Nancy. “Congress Braces for Change Following Supreme Court Rules Against Chevron Doctrine.” Washington Examiner. July 15, 2024.
SiriusXM, The Laura Coates Show. July 2, 2024.
Macagnone, Michael. “Supreme Court’s ‘Chevron’ Ruling Means Changes for Writing Laws.” Roll Call. June 28, 2024.
Scripps News. “Mayorkas Impeachment Trial Delayed.” April 9, 2024.
SiriusXM, The Briefing with Steve Scully. March 25, 2024.
Saksa, Jim. “Does Your Congress Need Fixing? Call These Former Staffers.” Roll Call. January 25, 2024.
Papp, Justin. “Shrugged Off and Ignored: Lawmakers Disagree on How to Ease Pain of Election Churn.” Roll Call. November 30, 2023.
Henderson, Stephen. “What You Need to Know About This Year’s Mackinac Policy Conference.” Detroit Today, Detroit’s NPR Station. May 23, 2023.
Select Written Content:
Rackey, J.D. “Congress is Neglecting its Best Tools for Oversight and Efficiency.” Bipartisan Policy Center. May 19, 2025.
Rackey, J.D. and Michael Thorning. “What is the Role of the Senate Parliamentarian?” Bipartisan Policy Center. April 28, 2025.
Rackey, J.D., Rachel Orey, Julianne Lempert, and Lily Kincannon. “Optimizing the U.S. Congressional Calendar to Boost Legislative Productivity.” Bipartisan Policy Center. October 15, 2024.
Rackey, J.D. and Michael Thorning. “Building a Congress for a Post-Chevron World.” Bipartisan Policy Center. June 28, 2024.
Rackey, J.D. “Give Congress the Data It Needs for Stronger Lawmaking and Oversight.” The Hill. June 8, 2024.
Rackey, J.D. and Michael Thorning. “Fixing Congress: Operations Improve, Bipartisanship and Civility Need Attention.” Bipartisan Policy Center. April 18, 2024.
Rackey, J.D. “Our Politics of Impeachment and Consequences for Democracy.” Bipartisan Policy Center. March 14, 2024.
Currinder, Marian and J.D. Rackey. “The Importance of Collaborating Through Conflict.” The Hill. October 4, 2023.
Rackey, John D. and Dillon J. Clark. “Why Reforming Senate Holds Can Benefit the Democratic Process.” London School of Economics and Political Science American Politics and Policy Blog. August 16, 2023.
Rackey, John D. and Daniel Schuman. “Making It Easier for the Less Wealthy to Serve in Congress.”
The Bulwark. May 4, 2023.Rackey, J.D. “Senate Filibuster 101 and Why the ‘World’s Greatest Deliberative Body’ Moves So Slowly.” AttentivePublic.Substack.Com by SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor. February 4, 2022.
Rackey, John D. “Rand Paul’s Budget Filibuster Shows the Decline of the US Senate as a Deliberative Body.” London School of Economics and Political Science American Politics and Policy Blog. February 13, 2018.
Rackey, John. “The Senate is Broken, But Don’t Blame the Filibuster.” Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group. October 10, 2017.
Rackey, John D. and P.C. Peay. “Why Senate Democrats Should Vote for Cloture on Gorsuch’s Nomination.” London School of Economics and Political Science American Politics and Policy Blog. April 4, 2017.
Rackey, John D. “Democrats’ One Hope Left After 2016 Results: The Filibuster? Maybe Not.” London School of Economics and Political Science American Politics and Policy Blog. November 21, 2016.
Rackey, John D. and Lauren C. Bell. “Nuclear Fallout: Limiting the Filibuster Has Led to More Delays.” London School of Economics and Political Science American Politics and Policy Blog. November 24, 2015.