How Congress Works
People who can explain how Congress and the Courts really work together.
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@emptywheel.bsky.social
@leedrutman.bsky.social
Political scientist. Believer in democracy, whatever the hell that is. - Substack: https://leedrutman.substack.com - Podcast: http://politicsinquestion.com - Senior Fellow: New America - Co-Founder: https://www.fixourhouse.org
@normornstein.bsky.social
Political scientist, co-host of Words Matter podcast, contributor to The Contrarian
@jnklz.bsky.social
Legislative attorney at CRS. NatSec, IHL, international law, etc. Army Intelligence officer in previous life. Opinions mine. No skeets from this account are attributable to CRS.
@mollyereynolds.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, @brookings.edu. Still not the Senate Parliamentarian.
@joshhuder.bsky.social
Political scientist posting mostly about Congress. Senior Fellow at The Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy.
@mattglassman312.bsky.social
Congressional Procedure Nerd. Dad to three girls. Amazing Oh Hell player.
@sarahbinder.bsky.social
Political scientist by day (and night). GWU and Brookings. Co-editor, https://goodauthority.org/ sarahbinder.weebly.com
@loreleikelly.bsky.social
Progressive Institutionalist. I want Congress to live its best life. bio here: https://beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/lorelei-kelly/
@kdbyproxy.bsky.social
I used to write laws… then I invented Knee Defender. ex-HPSCI, ex-Senate tech, taxes, trade/FP, ethics, antitrust… crime & even reputed parliamentarian
@katieporteroc.bsky.social
Irvine mom & consumer protection attorney. Congresswoman for Orange County, CA.
@jbendery.bsky.social
I report on Congress, the White House + political campaigns for HuffPost. President emeritus of the Washington Press Club Foundation. Mama. 🏳️🌈 Tips: jen.bendery@huffpost.com / jbendery@proton.me Signal: jbendery.41
@ddayen.bsky.social
Executive editor, The American Prospect. Author, Chain of Title and Monopolized. Tips at ddayen-at-prospect-dot-org or Signal at ddayen.90
@fritschner.bsky.social
Hey there Mr. Blue We're so pleased to be with you House guy. DCoS @beyer.house.gov Priors: Kamala Harris, Jennifer Wexton, et al. Hendersonville, NC native SciFi, Rock n Roll, he/him Posts mine/dumb
@ericcolumbus.bsky.social
Obama appointee at DOJ/DHS. Litigator for Speaker Pelosi and Jan. 6 Committee. Counsel for then-Sen. Biden. Yankee Stadium hot dog vendor. Wannabe historian. Dad joker.
@americalabs.org
Progressive institutionalist with an interest in modernizing Congress and strengthening our democracy. Bluesky is my penance for working at an org that once encouraged Congress to tweet. Like what you see? More at https://firstbranchforecast.substack.com/
@kagrox.bsky.social
Heard of the Nuclear Option? How it works? You’re welcome. https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3drq9j3 Kagro in the Morning #KITM Livestream, M-F, 9-11 AM ET: http://netroots-main-1.stream.creek.fm:8000/stream http://kagrox.libsyn.com http://patreon.com/kagrox
@joshchafetz.bsky.social
Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law and Politics, Georgetown Law: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/josh-chafetz/ Author, most recently, of _Congress's Constitution_: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0300248334/
@emptywheel.bsky.social
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!