Jeff Hauser, Author at The American Prospect

The Little Agency That Could (Block All Good Regulations)

The Day One agenda is dependent on the functions of OIRA, an obscure federal agency that acts as a bottleneck for agency rules and regulations.

Several candidates who have taken donor cash from private-equity barons have remained silent about the threat posed by the industry.

The Senate Minority Leader mismanaged an appointment to the agency last year, keeping a Democratic seat open for months. Will he do the same again?

The South Bend mayor has become a darling to Silicon Valley and Wall Street elite. That alone is a red flag.

Republicans have stymied the filling of Democratic seats in independent agencies. There doesn’t appear to be any plan to confront this.

Rumors of Rob Jackson’s departure would give Wall Street a boost, with anti-regulatory Republicans in complete charge of the agency.

The costs of having a corporate Democrat chair the House Ways and Means Committee

With $6 trillion in assets, BlackRock could make a real difference on the climate. Instead it’s opted for half-measures and public relations schemes.

We read a lot about progressive House Dems having too much influence, but the deeper problem is the undertow of corporate Democrats.