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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 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.
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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.
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RT @revolvingdoorDC: The "economists" @NPR cites are the National Multifamily Housing Council — a front group for corporate landlords and p…
RT @halalflow: Jake Tapper grills Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg over the administration’s failure to get sick days included in…
Unfortunately, this is reflective of Buttigieg's conduct overall. He'll talk a good game, but at the most important points he opts for mild bothesidism instead of vigorously fighting for the public. 7/end https://t.co/A25W8d8tzK
... didn't get to slash train crew sizes in half either. Or keep disciplining workers for going to the doctor. But one party not getting a basic benefit that everyone needs and another not getting to exploit workers as much as they want to hardly seems like an even sacrifice. 6/
Buttigieg called the deal a compromise where "none of the parties are completely satisfied or got everything they wanted." That's true workers sacrificed the ability to take a day off to care for themselves or a sick family member, but the railroads... 5/
Basically, he abandoned one of his best achievements at DOT: making transportation not just about efficiency but also about workers. 4/ https://t.co/JiJ13dCF2U
Instead, Pete demurred and said that the administration wants everyone to have sick leave. Wagner asked again about the specific instance. Buttigieg started talking about the "transportation perspective" and how not having a deal in place would undermine the economy. 3/
In the interview, Buttigieg was asked point blank whether the administration wanted the 7 sick days for rail workers that the House was providing. Yes or no question. Buttigieg didn't answer. 2/
Yesterday, MSNBC's @alexwagner had an excellent interview of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. 1/ https://t.co/smy3kCPjld