Legislative Director
Jamie Neikrie is the Legislative Director for Issue One. In this role, he leads all federal legislative and lobbying efforts for the organization. His work focuses on strengthening American elections, protecting the American information ecosystem from manipulation and foreign interference, and defending the checks & balances that uphold our constitutional democracy.
Prior to this role, Jamie served as the Legislative Manager for the Democracy and Technology Reform, where he led efforts to ensure that technology enhances, rather than undermines, American democracy. He helped build the Council for Responsible Social Media, articulate its legislative priorities, and advance these goals on Capitol Hill. Some of Jamie’s key accomplishments include securing additional bipartisan support for the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, advancing the Kids Online Safety Act through the Senate by a vote of 91-3, and providing advocacy support to prevent doxxing and harassment of election officials online. Jamie also led the development of Big Tech’s Broken Promises, an exhaustive catalog of empty public proclamations and policy changes announced by the largest technology companies.
Prior to joining Issue One in 2021, Jamie covered health policy for a national hospital system and worked in the Massachusetts State House, where he helped organize the state’s first Citizen Initiative Review and authored legislation to create a state legislative research agency (H.2661).
Reports
How Big Tech’s Failures Empowered Foreign Adversaries and Undermined the 2024 U.S. Election...
Jamie Neikrie and Liana Keesing authored this report. Michael Beckel, Angelina Clapp, Alix Fraser, Abigail Gaetz, Oliver Ni, and Claire Woodall contributed to this report.
Reports
How Social Media Companies Are Hurting Our Kids, National Security, and Democracy — and What We Can Do About It...
Editor’s note: The following is the executive summary of “Dangerous by Design.” Read the full report. Introduction Americans of all political persuasions are right to be concerned about unchecked social…
Legislation & policy analysis
This week, President Biden signed into law H.R. 2471, a $1.5 trillion spending package that will fund the government and its operations for fiscal year (FY) 2022. Issue One applauds…
Event Recaps
Conversation hosted by Issue One, National Taxpayers Union, and Project On Government Oversight also featured former Reps. Brian Baird (D-WA) and Zach Wamp (R-TN)...
Issue One joined today with the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) and the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) to host a bipartisan panel about why it’s time to ban stock trading…
Reports
Why Congress Needs to Invest in Junior Staff...
Legislative staff are crucial to the daily operations of Congress, both on Capitol Hill and in district offices. Congressional staffers help craft policy, advance legislation, and handle inquiries from constituents…
