by Jean | May 7, 2022 | Democracy, Uncategorized
Originally published on May 4, 2022, by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Jean Parvin Bordewich is a program officer in the U.S. Democracy Program at the Hewlett Foundation, overseeing grantmaking for the National Governing Institutions strategy. Earlier she...
by jessparvin | Apr 26, 2022 | Democracy
Originally published January 12, 2020, at WashingtonMonthly.com The House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment hearings displayed starkly how different Democrats and Republicans have become. Throughout the hearings, Democratic committee chairman Adam Schiff maintained...
by jessparvin | Apr 22, 2022 | Democracy, Uncategorized
Originally published on September 11, 2018, at TheHill.com Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) many admirers, understandably enough, are calling for his name to replace that of the once-formidable Richard Russell on the oldest Senate office building, or somewhere else on...
by jessparvin | Apr 20, 2022 | Democracy, History
Originally published on May 9, 2019, at TheHill.com The U.S. Senate is moving with accelerating speed down a slippery slope of rules changes, each time thinking the next tweak to the filibuster will stop the slide. But after three detonations of the “nuclear option”...
by jessparvin | Mar 22, 2022 | Democracy, Uncategorized
Originally published on November 24, 2020, at Hewlett.org The COVID pandemic helped accelerate efforts to modernize Congress. U.S. Democracy Program Officer Jean Bordewich weighs in on the changes and what’s in store for the future. This is part of Think Again, a...
by jessparvin | Apr 19, 2021 | Democracy
Originally published on July 7, 2020, at TheHill.com The stately swearing-in of a newly elected president has been accompanied by celebratory events since the inauguration of George Washington on April 30, 1789 in New York City. It is a day that signifies a unique and...
