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About the Revolving Door Project
The Revolving Door Project (RDP) scrutinizes executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve the broad public interest, rather than to entrench corporate power or seek personal advancement.
Projects
The Agency Spotlight
The Agency Spotlight tracks appointments to leadership positions at thirty-nine independent federal agencies through the confirmation process and beyond. Additionally, for three agencies — the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) — the Spotlight monitors and exhibits key votes.
Read MoreIndustry Agenda
Building off the work of our Personnel Map, the Industry Agenda is a report series that looks at how different industries seek to influence the staffing of the Biden Administration. In these reports, we take a closer look at the policy issues at stake for various industries, as well as the agencies and offices they will be looking to influence.
Learn MorePersonnel Map
The Personnel Map aims to demonstrate the breadth and depth of corporate America’s interest in the executive branch of the federal government. The map ties major economic sectors to the individual political positions that have the power to regulate, bring enforcement actions against, or disburse funds to the companies in that sector.
Learn MoreApril 26, 2024
Another Win For The UAW Means Another Loss For Centrist Pundits
Will the auto union’s latest victory get Yglesias to reconsider his position on labor?
April 26, 2024
The U.S. Midwest's Home Insurance Crisis Should Be a Wake-Up Call
Soaring premiums, denied claims, and disappearing coverage in Iowa and elsewhere underscore the need for progressive interventions to reduce climate risks and redistribute costs.
April 24, 2024
Amicus Spotlight: Moyle v. U.S.
Right-wing court-whisperers are pushing SCOTUS to allow states to ban abortions even in cases of severe medical emergencies.
April 24, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
National Small Business Week 2024
This Sunday marks the start of National Small Business Week (NSBW). Hosted by the Small Business Administration (SBA), NSBW is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions that small businesses make to both the economy and our communities. It also allows Biden and his surrogates to go on a press tour touting his achievements in helping small businesses compete in an economy increasingly characterized by corporate consolidation.
Yet, once again, the Small Business Administration is squandering the potential of its signature event by partnering with the very same monopolistic corporations that Biden’s antitrust enforcers are fighting in the courts.
April 18, 2024
Shawn Musgrave - The Intercept
The Gaping Hole In Supreme Court Rules For Tracking Links Between Litigants And Influence Groups
April 18, 2024
Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
Watchdogs' Database Details Right-Wing Efforts to Sway US Supreme Court
April 17, 2024
Fran Quigley - Housing Is A Human Right Substack
New Biden Rent Cap Shows Tenant Unions Can Win Nationally
April 16, 2024
Thomas Barrabi - New York Post
Congressional panels that slashed DOJ antitrust funds have cozy Big Tech ties: watchdogs
April 16, 2024
Christopher Ingram - Minnesota Reformer
Tech companies scale up MN lobbying efforts in advance of privacy bill
April 16, 2024
Arielle Samuelson & Emily Atkin - Heated
“Reprehensible”: Fossil fuel industry infiltrates civil rights convention
RDP on Twitter
NEW: RDP, @TTP_updates and @MusicWorkers sent a letter to the Copyright Society asking them to disclose ties the authors of an upcoming piece on AI and copyright policy hold with Big Tech companies Microsoft and Google. As reported by Bloomberg: https://t.co/YCyoXQ3aRx
RT @CarlyFabian4: A great summary of recent issues with insurance & climate change by @kenny_stancil. We tend to talk about insurance as an…
What’s happening in Iowa and around the Midwest should remind policymakers of the pressing need for better oversight and robust interventions at the state and federal levels. https://t.co/MBdr67pNlR
Meanwhile, Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen is telling residents to save themselves. Even though this is a national problem that threatens to spiral into a broader economic crisis. https://t.co/jj72VPkIRO
Reinsurance companies that insurance firms rely on to hedge against catastrophic losses have further jacked up their prices (accelerating a yearslong trend in an unregulated, global market). Now, insurers are passing on the soaring cost of reinsurance to policyholders.
On Thursday, an industry exec told Axios that home insurance markets in Iowa and surrounding states are a “wreck.” Premiums in the Midwest have skyrocketed in the wake of multiple climate change-intensified wind/thunderstorms called derechos.