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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 MoreSeptember 29, 2023
MAGA-Engineered Government Shutdown Will Make October a Great Month to Be a Corporate Criminal
The forces that stand to benefit most from a Republican-imposed government shutdown are corporate miscreants—a fact that President Joe Biden and his Democratic surrogates should point out.
September 29, 2023
Kenny Stancil Emma Marsano Jeff Hauser
Administrative LawConsumer ProtectionCorporate CrackdownExecutive BranchGovernment CapacityLabor
MAGA-Engineered Government 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 28, 2023
Consumer ProtectionEthics in GovernmentFinancial RegulationIndependent AgenciesJudiciarySupreme Court
Everything You Should Know About The CFPB SCOTUS Case
Corporate predators and their Republican lackeys want our corrupt Supreme Court to make fraud legal again. Their greed could yield catastrophic economic damage.
September 27, 2023 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
New Watchdog Reports Highlight Insufficient EPA Enforcement Ahead Of Shutdown
Corporate greed and emaciated federal regulatory capacity means people are needlessly suffering physically, and sometimes even dying. That’s the upshot of two recent reports from the EPA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG). These reports illustrate the concerning state of environmental regulation and enforcement in regards to water quality and refinery emissions.
September 25, 2023
Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
'He Cannot Be Trusted': Thomas Urged to Recuse From CFPB Case Over Koch Ties
September 7, 2023
Greig Aitken - Global Energy Monitor
Global Energy Monitor Newsletter: Issue 51
September 7, 2023
Maxine Joselow & Vanessa Montalbano - The Washington Post
Why Biden's Methane Fee Could Backfire
September 6, 2023
Victor Reklaitis - Dow Jones Newsletter
Biden gives pep talk about unions, with UAW strike possible next week
September 6, 2023
Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Google Doesn't Want Public to Listen In on Historic Antitrust Trial
September 5, 2023
Vandana Singh - Benzinga
Legal Twist In Drug Price Negotiation: Federal Judge Quits Case Amid Allegations Of Stock Ownership
RDP on Twitter
Biden should make clear to voters that Republican budget saboteurs are giving the worst corporate actors a free pass. .@kenny_stancil, @e_marsano, and @jeffhauser have more to say here: https://t.co/v2cN84cvDY