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December 07, 2023
Henry Burke Jeff Hauser Kenny Stancil
FOIA RequestPress Release CryptocurrencyEthics in GovernmentFinancial RegulationFintechRevolving Door
Press Release: The Revolving Door Project, A Government Ethics Watchdog, Alerts Media Of Possibility That CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam Is Considering Leaving Government To Cash Out In Private Industry
The Revolving Door Project, A Government Ethics Watchdog, Alerts Media Of Possibility That CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam Is Considering Leaving Government To Cash Out In Private Industry
November 22, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: Larry Summers’ Ascent to OpenAI Board is Awful News for Humanity
Revolving Door Statement on Crypto proponent Larry Summers joining the board of Sam Altman’s OpenAI
November 13, 2023
RELEASE: New SCOTUS “Ethics Code” Is A Toothless PR Stunt
Today’s so-called Supreme Court `Code of Conduct’ comes with no enforcement mechanism. This unenforceable public relations document serves absolutely no purpose other than to permit the media to revert to pretending that our unaccountable and unethical Supreme Court retains legitimacy.
November 02, 2023
Reporters Must Reject Republicans Unearned “Fiscal-Hawk” Self-Branding
The media should reject unearned ‘fiscal hawk’ self-branding and demand Johnson and other Republican leaders address how their attacks on the capacity of the executive branch are deleterious for all but the richest and most rapacious among us.
October 26, 2023
RELEASE: Watchdog Group Requests Communications Between DOJ Officials And Google Defender Paul Weiss
Following news coverage that Yelp and the News/Media Alliance filed an unsuccessful motion to take BigLaw firm Paul Weiss off Google’s defense team in the adtech antitrust case brought by the DOJ, the Revolving Door Project submitted a Freedom of Information Act Request for communications between Paul Weiss and key Department of Justice officials. The American Prospect featured the request in their coverage of Google’s attempts to remove DOJ Antitrust Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter from the case, as well as Paul Weiss’ potential conflicts.
October 24, 2023
Statement On Tom Emmer’s Candidacy For Speaker Of The House
October 19, 2023
RELEASE: Corporation Long Advised by Larry Summers Faces Federal Court Order After Refusing To Comply With SEC Subpoena
Revolving Door Project Executive Director Jeff Hauser released the following statement in response to Southern District of New York Judge Jed Rakoff’s court order demanding Genesis Global Trading comply with the SEC subpoena:
October 16, 2023
RELEASE: Energy Department’s Embrace Of Fossil Fuel Powered Hydrogen Hubs A Win For Manchin, Loss For Climate
In response to the Energy Department’s announcement Friday that it has selected seven proposed Hydrogen Hubs to allow to enter negotiations for $7 billion in federal funding, the Revolving Door Project released the following statement.
October 13, 2023
RELEASE: JUDGE INVESTED IN BIG TECH SHOULD NOT DECIDE ON CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LAW THAT BIG TECH LOBBIED AGAINST
October 02, 2023
Clarence Thomas Must Recuse From Harlan Crow-Backed Challenges To New York Rent Control Law
In response to the news that Clarence Thomas participated in the Supreme Court decision to deny cert in the first of three challenges of New York City’s rent control law, Revolving Door Project Executive Director Jeff Hauser released the following statement.
September 29, 2023
Kenny Stancil Emma Marsano Jeff Hauser
Press Release Administrative LawConsumer ProtectionCorporate CrackdownExecutive BranchGovernment CapacityLabor
RELEASE: Watchdog Group Warns MAGA-Engineered Shutdown Will Make October a Great Month to Be a Corporate Criminal
Joe Biden must be direct with voters and tell them that the worst actors in corporate America are the biggest beneficiaries of the Republican shutdown.
September 25, 2023
Press Release Consumer ProtectionEthics in GovernmentFinancial RegulationIndependent AgenciesJudiciarySupreme Court
Clarence Thomas Must Recuse From Koch-Backed CFPB SCOTUS Case
Corrupt Supreme Court Justice should not participate in case that would benefit his wealthy benefactors.
September 18, 2023
RELEASE: White House Should Deepen Its New Recognition of the Environmental Salience of Its Cancer Moonshot Initiative
The White House announced late last week that the Environmental Protection Agency is launching epa.gov/cancer as part of the Biden administration’s Cancer Moonshot efforts, and will share new information about the EPA’s role in leveraging its existing authorities to “accelerate the rate of progress to prevent cancer, including phase-outs of carcinogens, regulatory actions to protect children, workers and overburdened communities, and enforcement actions to ensure pollution is curbed.”
September 06, 2023
Hannah Story Brown Emma Marsano
Press Release ClimateCorporate CrackdownExecutive BranchTreasury Department
RELEASE: As the Hydrogen Industry Vies for Tens of Billions of Federal Dollars, Lax Oversight and Entrenched Fossil Fuel Ties Raise Red Flags
The Revolving Door Project released a new Industry Agenda report today examining the executive branch influence agenda of the rapidly growing “clean” hydrogen industry, which is poised to receive tens of billions of dollars under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
September 01, 2023
RELEASE: Judge Invested in Big Pharma Shouldn't Try Case on Big Pharma Profiteering
The Revolving Door Project’s Ananya Kalahasti and Will Royce released the following statement regarding the US Chamber of Commerce’s lawsuit regarding the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare prescription drug negotiation program, and a financial conflict of interest regarding the judge in the Southern District of Ohio.