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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.
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 MoreNovember 29, 2022
Biden Must Not Override Rail Workers If He Is A Pro-Worker President
Biden Stands To Harm Workers And The Democratic Party’s Future
November 24, 2022 | The American Prospect
Quants, Carbon, and Climate Change
It’s been a bad few weeks for the sort of opinionated center-left pundit who prides themselves on data-driven, hyper-quantitative approaches to solving society’s intractable problems.
November 23, 2022 | The New Republic
Timi Iwayemi Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
Congressional OversightcryptocurrencyFinancial RegulationIndependent Agencies
Don’t Fall for FTX’s Final Con
The FTX disaster should be all the impetus needed to kill off any new crypto industry–approved legislation. Instead, we need Congress to provide material support for financial regulators in the form of increased appropriations to guard against the next collapse. Much of the crypto industry is already subject to laws—the very ones that the SEC seeks to enforce and that the crypto industry broadly (not just Sam Bankman-Fried) seeks to evade by reducing the SEC’s jurisdiction ex post facto. Both the CFTC and SEC urgently need funds to fulfill their mandates. Crypto stretches these needs even further, but the need has existed for years. For decades, financial crimes have too often gone unpunished. This wasn’t for a lack of rules, but a lack of will, funds, and people willing to enforce them. Crypto doesn’t need special treatment, it needs to face the music.
November 18, 2022
Infrastructure Coordinator Not Coordinating With Public Transit Agency
Last November, President Biden signed the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act, better known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The bill provides $1.2 trillion for infrastructure renovations nationwide, with $91 billion earmarked for various public transportation programs. At the time, Biden announced Mitch Landrieu would be the White House’s Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator in charge of implementing the landmark legislation, more colloquially known as the “Infrastructure Czar.” Landrieu now oversees a $1.2 trillion dollar bill, so he must be in constant communication with the administrators of key agencies to ensure it’s money well spent … right?
November 30, 2022
Hannah Story Brown - Common Dreams
Shame on "Union Joe" Biden for Not Siding With Railway Workers
November 29, 2022
Rebecca Klar - The Hill
White House pressured to recuse legislative director from antitrust talks
November 26, 2022
Ana Swanson - The New York Times
A Rising Star in the Biden Administration Faces a $100 Billion Test
November 21, 2022
Declan Harty - Politico
SEC chair riles Wall Street, Republicans — even some Democrats
November 11, 2022
Mallory Culhane - Politico Morning Tech
Politico Morning Tech 11/11/22: Groups Eyeing The FTC
November 7, 2022
Kate Aronoff - The New Republic
What Could a Republican Congress Do to the Climate?
RDP on Twitter
@KarlBode Precisely! https://t.co/KKEPuEveEk
@DylanGyauchL More about Big Telecom's dishonest smear campaign against @gigibsohn, from @MorePerfectUS ⬇️https://t.co/cmDB825dqd
Read more from our @DylanGyauchL. https://t.co/uQguWq1MfA
Until Gigi Sohn is confirmed, the 2-2 deadlocked FCC won't be able to restore net neutrality and broadband price transparency rules that were scuttled by Trump-era Chairman Ajit Pai The Senate must make confirming Gigi Sohn a top priority for the lame duck! https://t.co/SIeTaFyYvQ
RT @KarlBode: don't strain a muscle or anything it's not like the nation's top telecom consumer protection agency needs a functional votin…
RT @jeffhauser: From the enabler of Tories and Brexit to pusher of Bitcoin, Jim Messina remains a permanent embarrassment.
RT @ddayen: lol
Finally, our @MaxMoranHi and @HannahStoryB wrote about how the purely quantitative analysis in which SBF and his cohort were overconfident often restricts their analysis, for @TheProspect. https://t.co/mHfpkbPt5L
...and @_EYME and @DylanGyauchL wrote about the regulatory implications of the FTX collapse for the @newrepublic last week. https://t.co/aT1cAPNOTp