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SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2025
Liberal groups press Biden on picks for economic posts

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Reuters
25 May, 2020, 10:40 am
Last modified: 25 May, 2020, 10:48 am

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Liberal groups press Biden on picks for economic posts

The quiet pressure campaign, still in its early stages, has engaged nearly three dozen progressive groups so far

Reuters
25 May, 2020, 10:40 am
Last modified: 25 May, 2020, 10:48 am
Democratic US presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop in Los Angeles, California, US, March 4, 2020/ Reuters
Democratic US presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop in Los Angeles, California, US, March 4, 2020/ Reuters

Liberal groups are pushing Joe Biden to pick tough watchdogs for US economic posts ahead of the November 3 election to generate broader support for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Leaders of organizations including the Revolving Door Project and Demand Progress said they expect to advance names of people they find acceptable to oversee taxes, regulation, stimulus oversight and markets should Biden defeat Republican President Donald Trump.

Activists want public-minded, progressive leaders to help ensure a fair economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and to guard against stimulus money being wasted on what they view as corporate giveaways.

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Several progressive activists said they have begun sharing personnel preferences privately with Biden campaign officials. They plan to further make their case through task forces established with Senator Bernie Sanders and other sympathetic members of Congress who support Biden.

The quiet pressure campaign, still in its early stages, has engaged nearly three dozen progressive groups so far, according to conversations with the groups.

"If you're going to try to figure out how to make the economy more fair, you're going to have to put people in positions who wake up every morning with the goal of trying to make the economy more fair," said Jeff Hauser, director of the advocacy group Revolving Door Project.

The former vice president has been criticized by some progressives for what they see as a cozy relationship with Wall Street. Many were alarmed that former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is giving Biden advice because of his association with financial deregulation efforts.

Informal advisers such as economic aide Jared Bernstein, Washington Center for Equitable Growth chief Heather Boushey and former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray are viewed more favorably on the left because they focus on issues of inequality.

Biden has considered announcing some Cabinet names when he makes his running mate pick.

The campaign declined to comment on specific names or conversations.

A campaign adviser said Biden is at the forefront of the progressive movement and has engaged with one-time rivals, including by supporting Sanders' free higher education proposal and Senator Elizabeth Warren's plan to expand consumer bankruptcy protections.

The liberal group MoveOn polled members last week and found most would be more likely to support Biden if he pledged not to appoint finance executives to his administration.

The findings were shared with Biden's campaign, said MoveOn political director Chris Torres.

Warren, whom Biden is believed to be considering as a running mate or Senator Jeff Merkley could be a good fit for Treasury secretary, activists said.

Other names that might pass muster with liberals for top economic jobs include former Treasury deputy secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin, Federal Reserve governor Lael Brainard and former Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Gary Gensler, along with economists including Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Reich, Paul Krugman and Jeffrey Sachs, people from the progressive groups said.

A senior Democrat familiar with the selection process said it will be difficult for Biden to choose the head of a major financial institution for a senior role because it would mean provoking an unnecessary fight with progressives.

The person also said it is likely too early for Biden to commit to personnel choices, given the uncertainties around which political factions he needs most by November and how the pandemic will shape policy challenges come January.

Progressives said Biden has an opportunity to show his commitment to improving the country through his choices for the economic posts.

"People whose lives don't change cycle to cycle aren't necessarily motivated just to beat Trump," said Yvette Simpson, chief executive of the advocacy group Democracy For America. "Unity doesn't mean one of the parts dominates and the rest is silent."

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