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    We fight to protect the public from government appointees too close to the industries they are supposed to be regulating.

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    Andrea Beaty is a Research Director of housing & anti-monopoly issues at the Revolving Door Project.

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    Henry Burke is a Research Assistant with the Revolving Door Project where he focuses on issues of government capacity, organized labor, education, and media coverage of macroeconomic issues.

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    Aya Dardari is a Research Intern at the Revolving Door Project.

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