Project 2025 Tracker / What’s done, what’s next

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David R. Burton

The Heritage Foundation

David R. Burton is Senior Fellow in Economic Policy in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He focuses on securities regulation, tax policy, business law, entrepreneurship, administrative law, financial privacy, the U.S. Department of Commerce, corporate welfare, international investment, international information sharing, the U.S. economic relationship with China, and climate-related financial risk. Previously, Burton was General Counsel at the National Small Business Association; a partner in the Argus Group; Vice President, Finance, and General Counsel for New England Machinery; and manager of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Tax Policy Center. He holds a JD from the University of Maryland School of Law and a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Bylined chapters

Major recommendations in those chapters

  1. 22 · 696 Enact a two-rate individual income tax of 15 and 30 percent Needs Congress Not started
  2. 22 · 696 Cut the corporate income tax rate to 18 percent Needs Congress Not started
  3. 22 · 696 Repeal all Inflation Reduction Act tax increases Needs Congress Not started
  4. 22 · 696 Repeal the Inflation Reduction Act's green energy tax credits Needs Congress Not started
  5. 22 · 698 Withdraw from the OECD and end U.S. funding for it Needs Congress Not started
  6. 22 · 699 Reverse the Inflation Reduction Act's $80 billion IRS expansion Needs Congress Not started
  7. 22 · 702 Withdraw from the World Bank and the IMF and end U.S. contributions Needs Congress Not started
  8. 22 · 705 Merge the OCC, FDIC, NCUA, and the Fed's supervisory functions Needs Congress Not started
  9. 22 · 705 Repeal Titles I, II, and VIII of the Dodd–Frank Act Needs Congress Not started
  10. 22 · 706 End the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac conservatorships and privatize them Not started
  11. 22 · 707 Repeal the Corporate Transparency Act Needs Congress Not started
  12. 22 · 709 Withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Paris Agreement Not started
  13. 22 · 710 Eliminate the U.S. Trade and Development Agency Needs Congress Not started
  14. 27 · 829 Fundamentally reform the securities laws and create a scaled disclosure system Needs Congress Not started
  15. 27 · 830 Abolish the PCAOB and FINRA and merge their functions into the SEC Needs Congress Not started
  16. 27 · 830 Abolish DEI offices at financial regulators Not started
  17. 27 · 832 Bar the SEC from requiring non-material social or political disclosures Needs Congress Not started
  18. 27 · 839 Abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Needs Congress Not started
  19. 27 · 839 Order the immediate dissolution of the CFPB Not started

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