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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.
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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 MoreSeptember 21, 2023
Disgraced Revolving Door Republicans Back Payday Lender Attack On CFPB
Trent Lott, Tom Price, John Boehner and other corporate shills are back to rip you off again.
September 20, 2023
Thousands March Worldwide to End Fossil Fuels, as Biden Continues to Shirk His Responsibility to Address Climate Change
On Sunday, an estimated 75,000 people marched in Manhattan, demanding that President Biden end the era of fossil fuels and take immediate action to address climate change.
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 18, 2023 | The American Prospect
The Federal Reserve Could Be a Powerful Weapon Against Climate Change
Activists are pushing Fed vice chair Michael Barr and his deputy Kevin Stiroh to force the financial sector to take climate change seriously.
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
September 1, 2023
Spencer Kimball - CNBC
Judge Withdraws From Medicare Drug Price Case After Stock Ownership Is Revealed
RDP on Twitter
"At long last, American workers are starting to change the rules of society and rebalance the scales in the workplace. For their own mental health, Steven Rattner and his friends better grow up and get used to it." -@MaxMoranHi https://t.co/5xT4n6IN43
RT @RBReich: GOP megadonor Paul Singer flew Justice Alito on his private jet for a secret luxury fishing trip. Wouldn't you know it, Singe…
RT @DylanGyauchL: Another company boosting earnings with price hikes https://t.co/lZSrIpYbNi
If Biden continues to fail to act, he is abdicating his responsibility as president and putting people and the planet in harm’s way, with negative impacts for generations to come.
Bold climate action is easily within Biden’s reach under his existing powers as president, which would only be expanded if he declared the climate emergency advocates are demanding.
As we have long advocated, there are many steps Biden could take by urging and empowering an array of federal agencies and departments to protect people and the planet from the abuses of the fossil fuel industry. https://t.co/gqIf4h7LpG