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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 MoreMarch 27, 2024
A Win For PFAS And A Loss For The IRS
We focus on the under the radar impacts of corporate control of the Fifth Circuit and Congressional Republicans.
March 27, 2024 | Jacobin
Jerome Powell’s Fingerprints Are on the Next Banking Crisis
One year after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is obstructing the finalization of tougher capital requirements for banks — and increasing the chances of more turbulence.
March 26, 2024
Amicus Spotlight: FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
Right-wing groups, including several linked to court-whisperers Leonard Leo and Charles Koch, are urging SCOTUS to ban the abortion medication mifepristone.
March 26, 2024
Take the Input of Polluting Liars for What it is Worth (Nothing)
The Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the process of finalizing its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles. The standard is a little known, but massively important, part of the process necessary to push industrial progression toward a cleaner future.
March 21, 2024
Communications Daily
Waiver Lets Gomez Vote on Enforcement Actions Against Clients of Former Firm
March 21, 2024
Brad Stone - Bloomberg
Wall Street and Silicon Valley Elites Are Warming Up to Trump
March 18, 2024
Senator Edward J. Markey - Newsweek
OPINION: No 'Clean' Gas on a Livable Planet
March 14, 2024
David Moore - Sludge
House Dems Donate to Centrist Group That Undermines Their Agenda
March 11, 2024
Thomas Barrabi - New York Post
Apple execs and lobbyists — including CEO Tim Cook — visited WH 87 times since Biden took office as antitrust crackdown looms
February 28, 2024
Shannon Thaler - New York Post
Google hit with $2.3B lawsuit by 32 media groups over digital ad practices
RDP on Twitter
RT @AZAGMayes: Why is rent so high? RealPage and landlords allegedly engaged in a price-fixing scheme. More on Arizona Horizon with @tedatp…
RT @AZBobLord: It would be hard to overstate how huge a public service Charles Littlejohn performed. We now know alarming facts about tax a…
Tim Ryan's recent career arc attests to the power of oil and gas money in politics. But make no mistake—his opposition to the LNG pause is not the distillation of lessons learned in office. It's the profit-motivated position of his corporate backers. https://t.co/1ByTqOJGtX https://t.co/bF7Vn1UnIR
If he gets another chance, Biden must nominate a central bank leader who will pursue whole-of-government responses to inequality, greenhouse gas pollution, and other elements of our worsening crises. https://t.co/KLRy9BahN5
So while Powell’s elevated interest rates are undermining green investment and exacerbating the housing affordability crisis, his long-standing penchant for deregulation is also jeopardizing the stability of the financial system.