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October 08, 2021
How Biden Can Take On the Climate Crisis by Himself
President Biden has failed to live up to his promise to progressives to be a climate president. U.S. emissions continue to rise. Last week, 23 unique plant and animal species were declared extinct. A catastrophic pipeline oil spill in California is actively killing fish, birds, and wetland ecosystems. And in violation of treaty rights that are constitutionally the supreme law of the land, Biden allowed Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline to become operational on October 1, which will add emissions equivalent to 50 new coal-fired power plants and will inevitably spill. Biden is standing in support while water protectors are violently arrested and the Anishinaabe peoples living in the path of the project are terrorized and abused.
October 06, 2021
Blog Post BigLawClimate and EnvironmentDepartment of JusticeEthics in GovernmentExecutive BranchRevolving Door
Chevron Firm Which Hounded Donziger Has Allies In The Biden Administration
Alumni of Gibson Dunn, the law firm that helped Chevron go after Steven Donziger, have influential executive branch jobs under Biden.
October 01, 2021
As Biden Promises Sweeping Housing Action, Nearly 100 Personnel Vacancies Plague HUD
Despite pledging to address the homelessness crisis, the president has not prioritized staffing HUD with housing policy personnel.
September 23, 2021
FERC Nominee Willie Phillips Has a Pro–Corporate Utility Record
In his time on D.C.’s Public Service Commission and before that as a corporate lawyer, Phillips consistently sided with utilities over the public interest.
September 10, 2021
Blog Post Executive BranchFederal ReserveFinancial RegulationIndependent AgenciesLarry SummersMatt Yglesias
A Brief Taxonomy Of Bad Jerome Powell Arguments
Even when these pundits have the facts right, their actual argumentation is still pretty weak.
August 31, 2021
Biden Must Prioritize Rural Development To Help Rebuild The Heartland
With the right staff at the helm, USDA’s Rural Development Division could be the key to rebuilding rural America.
August 23, 2021
An Advocate, A Hack, And An Ethics Law Violator Walk Into A Social Security Office...
Given a choice between someone who’s dedicated her career to fighting for Social Security recipients, a corporate ally with only a passing interest in the program, and an ethics law violator, Biden shouldn’t have a hard time choosing.
August 20, 2021
Biden’s Food Stamp Expansion Will Help Millions Of Struggling Americans
But the President must also hire the right people to administer SNAP and think bigger about strengthening the social safety net.
August 19, 2021
Key Points On Jerome Powell's Union-Busting, Fossil Fuel-Investing Private Equity Record
The following points are taken from Revolving Door Project’s extensive research document on Jerome Powell’s private-sector record, which includes work at union-busting and fossil fuel-investing firms.
August 16, 2021
Pharma’s Revolving Door Jeopardizes Biden’s Promise To Lower Drug Costs
Personnel vacancies and Big Pharma allies in the Biden administration threaten a landmark executive order on competition.
August 15, 2021
To Ditch DeJoy, Biden Must Replace Ron Bloom
One of the biggest roadblocks to firing Louis DeJoy is Democratic Postal Board member Ron Bloom. Biden must immediately replace him with someone who will protect USPS from DeJoy’s sabotage.
August 06, 2021
Revolving Door Project's Case Against Renominating Jerome Powell
For the sake of American workers, racial justice, financial security, and the climate, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell should not be renominated for a second term.
August 05, 2021 | Talking Points Memo
Institutionalism Can’t Save Us Now
We have no shortage of information about how historically bad an Attorney General William Barr was. His tenure was marked by attacks on LGBTQ rights, immigrants, and peaceful protestors. His overt politicization of the investigations into Russian interference in the election, the Mueller report, and Roger Stone’s sentencing are well-documented, and in a continuing headache for the Biden Administration’s DOJ, Barr’s Justice Department’s intervened to protect Trump against E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against him just two months before the election. And yet, as we saw this week following revelations that his DOJ declined to prosecute Commerce Department officials for lying about the provenance of the Census citizenship question, what we know merely scratches the surface.
August 02, 2021
Key FCC Vacancy Threatens Net Neutrality's Return
Biden’s latest executive order promises to restore net neutrality, but a deadlocked FCC could render it an empty promise.
July 29, 2021
Biden's Executive Order Promises Relief For Farmers. Will It Deliver?
The administration’s staffing vacancies could undermine Biden’s promise to help family farms fight Big Ag monopolies.