Representing corporate clients against the public interest isn’t the ideal training ground for Biden administration officials.
Revolving Door Project
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The Most Important Biden Appointee No One Has Heard Of
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs can determine the scope of the Biden presidency.
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Does Jeffrey Zients Have the Private-Sector Experience We Want in Government?
In an age of financialization and monopoly, ‘private-sector experience’ too often translates into those who successfully plunder for profit.
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Mitch McConnell’s Sudden Interest in Independent Agencies
It shows that he knows Biden will be president, and that he has to do what’s necessary to damage his effectiveness.
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How Democrats Can Stop Trump’s Transition Sabotage
Democrats must use the omnibus spending bill to stop the worst of Trump’s actions and make the Georgia Senate races a referendum on his corruption.
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Biden Can Echo Trump’s Favorite Phrase: ‘You’re Fired’
The president-elect has the power to get rid of Trump loyalists in a number of agencies on day one.
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Joe Biden Must Not Look for Unity in Mitch McConnell’s Obstruction
A case study of the Merit Systems Protection Board, which has had no members on it for years, shows McConnell’s commitment to breaking government. Biden has options to counteract that.
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Donna Shalala Encapsulated Pelosi’s Embrace of Passivity as a Strategy
The Florida congresswoman who lost her re-election battle did nothing to oversee or challenge the Trump administration.
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We Don’t Have to Live in Mitch McConnell’s World
But Biden has to actively assert his power as chief executive, in this case over Cabinet appointments.
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Note to Biden: A President Can Do a Lot Even Without the Senate
What Trump has done inside the administrative state has been more critical than his public persona.