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About the Revolving Door Project
The Revolving Door Project (RDP), a project of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), 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.
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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 MorePresidential Power Map
The Presidential Power Map classifies bundlers and major donors by their professional and sectoral affiliations to offer the most possible clues about the composition of a presidential candidate’s hypothetical administration.
Learn moreNovember 24, 2020
Brian Deese's Policy Record Hurt The Most Vulnerable
From 2008 – 2016, Brian Deese rose from a law student to a Presidential advisor on fiscal policy, climate change, and trade. Deese’s personal geniality and intelligent demeanor drove this rise — but a review of his policy positions reveals a history of backing wildly incorrect conventional wisdom convivial to the powers that be.
November 24, 2020
Michèle Flournoy and The Ongoing Influence of WestExec Advisors
As we proposed in the Prospect, Biden’s administration can pursue a progressive national security agenda that prioritizes diplomacy over military action, opposes regime change interventions, reduces the Pentagon’s budget, and condemns governments that violate human rights. But to do so, Biden must also end the defense industry’s influence on the executive branch and turn to individuals without deep conflicts.
November 23, 2020
JANET YELLEN: What You Need to Know
Janet Yellen has had a long and distinguished career in the academy and in public service. Like anyone with such a lengthy career, there have been misses along the way. And RDP and other progressives will be sure to speak out in the future should any of them resurface. But Yellen’s commitment to fighting unemployment and the conventional wisdom has been the through line of her career. The differences between the worldviews of Janet Yellen and Tim Geithner, President Obama’s first Treasury Secretary, could hardly be more stark.
November 23, 2020
What A Bold Treasury Secretary Could Do
President-Elect Joe Biden’s choice to name Janet Yellen as his Treasury Secretary represents a tremendous opportunity to take executive action on the issues most pressing to all Americans. Here are just some meaningful actions the next Treasury Secretary could take without having to go through Congress.
November 30, 2020
Associated Press - Associated Press
Joe Biden announces all-female media team at his White House
November 29, 2020
Rebecca Morin - USA Today
Liberals push for bold Biden agenda. They might have to work around Congress to get it
November 27, 2020
Victoria Guida - POLITICO
Progressives praise Yellen but could soon clash with Biden’s Treasury pick
November 26, 2020
Editorial Staff - Boston Herald
Progressives turn ire toward Biden over Cabinet picks
November 26, 2020
Benjamin Siegel & Soo Rin Kim - ABC News
Progressives worry about lobbying, corporate ties in Biden administration
November 25, 2020
Sahil Kapur - NBC News
Biden's "Balancing Act" With Early Personnel Picks Shows How He'll Govern
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RT @ceprdc: Regarding Deese, “He will either be absent from big chunks of his job or proceed without regard to the conflicts of interest,”…
RT @econjared: Thanks for all the support, econ twitter! I'm verklempt! As a CEA member, I'm soooo excited to get to work with my awesome n…
RT @MariaLangholz: "And Brian Deese’s [relationship] to BlackRock makes it less likely that the federal government will rein in BlackRock a…
RT @ddayen: First, an anecdote: Silicon Valley tried to get the lawyer who literally prepped Jeff Bezos for his Congressional hearings made…
Important thread! https://t.co/4bqg6AgbsY
RT @cruickshank: If Biden actually nominates Rahm Emanuel for anything requiring Senate confirmation, Democrats should help vote that nomin…
RT @maysoonzayid: We said NO 80 million times. @JoeBiden #RahmEmanuel https://t.co/or18Nnb1CP https://t.co/IPiX82bUg1
RT @josheidelson: For a sense of how impactful Office of Management & Budget picks can be, recall that under Obama, a proposed OSHA rule pr…
RT @ddayen: Bad idea. https://t.co/nhFxQDrs8t