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Blog Post | May 17, 2023

Executive Branch Agencies That Protect Americans From Corporate Abuses Need Robust Funding, Not Cuts

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Executive Branch Agencies That Protect Americans From Corporate Abuses Need Robust Funding, Not Cuts

Executive branch agencies are only able to fulfill their mandates when Congress gives them the resources and staffing to do so. Unfortunately, the Revolving Door Project has found that the federal agencies entrusted most clearly with protecting Americans from corporate abuses (e.g., price gauging, unsafe working conditions, and environmental pollution) are already the most underfunded. With these agencies under renewed attack as President Biden negotiates with the GOP, our research is worth revisiting. 

Below is a list of our research to date on executive branch agencies and the chronic underfunding they struggle to overcome.

BIG PICTURE

The GOP Budget Plan Would Ruin Millions of Lives | RDP Newsletter | May 10, 2023

Government Spending and its Discontents | RDP Newsletter | January 11, 2023

Omnibus Awareness Month in Review | RDP Blog | October 14, 2022

Another Eleventh-Hour Stopgap Spending Bill | RDP Newsletter | October 5, 2022

Enforcement: The Untapped Resource | Democracy Journal | August 25, 2022

Democrats Need to Fight for a Government That Works | The American Prospect | July 20, 2022

The Government Is Still Operating Under Trump’s Budget | The American Prospect | January 21, 2022

CLIMATE AND CLIMATE FINANCE AGENCY CAPACITY 

Calling Deficit Squawks’ Bluff on Environmental Enforcement | The American Prospect | March 1, 2023

Corporate Crackdown Project — Climate | RDP Report | September 2022 

RDP Thread On The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | Twitter | October 18, 2022

To Save the Climate, Hire More Civil Servants | The American Prospect | September 8, 2022

To Take Down Corporate Polluters, the DOJ’s Environmental Enforcer Needs More Capacity | RDP Blog | March 16, 2022

The Department of Energy Needs More Capacity To Help Prevent A Dim Future | RDP Blog | February 7, 2022

Climate Finance Capacity Project: Securities and Exchange Commission | RDP Blog | January 11, 2022

Climate Finance Capacity Project: Commodity Futures Trading Commission | RDP Blog | December 2, 2021

Climate Capacity Crisis: Attrition at Climate Agencies and Immediate Steps to Address It | RDP Report | November 2021

Re-Fund the EPA | The American Prospect | September 24, 2020

ANTI-MONOPOLY AGENCY CAPACITY 

As Air Travel Issues Loom Large, The Industry’s Regulator Needs More Resources | RDP Blog | April 19, 2023

To Reverse Decades Of Neglect, Antitrust Agencies Need Robust Budgets | RDP Newsletter | April 19, 2023

RDP Thread On The Federal Maritime Commission | Twitter | October 20, 2022 

Putting Biden’s Antitrust Budget Increases In Context | RDP Blog | April 5, 2022

Making The Antitrust Division Competitive: A Look At Capacity As Biden Revitalizes Enforcement | RDP Report | February 22, 2022

Hobbled FTC Lacks Budget To Combat Corporate Buying Spree | RDP Blog | May 28, 2021

HOUSING AGENCY CAPACITY 

Pat Toomey Blockades Biden’s Housing Nominees Amid Historic Rent Hikes | The American Prospect | October 3, 2022

Capacity Shortfalls At The FHFA | RDP Blog | January 28, 2022

Sabotaged HUD Must Rebuild to Fix The Housing Crisis | RDP Blog | January 27, 2022

LABOR AGENCY CAPACITY 

RDP Thread On The Federal Mine Safety And Health Review Commission | Twitter | October 26, 2022

President Biden’s Best Agency Is Starved for Cash | The American Prospect | June 23, 2022

Biden’s Budget Must Strengthen OSHA | RDP Blog | April 2, 2021

Uncle Sam’s HR Department Needs Help | Washington Monthly | October 22, 2020

MISC. AGENCY CAPACITY 

RDP Thread On The Importance Of Federal Appropriations For Tribal Interests | Twitter | October 10, 2022 

RDP Thread On The Department Of Veterans Affairs | Twitter | October 24, 2022

The Decades-Long Food Failure at the FDA | RDP Blog | June 13, 2022

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