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When former commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker announced in May her exit from the Federal Communications Commission for Comcast just four months after casting her vote to approve the Comcast-NBCUniversal merger, it set off the usual outcry over the revolving door between government agencies and the companies they regulate.
Now a new bill aims to stop that well-worn Washington practice. The FCC Merging Entities Regulatory Guidance and Ethical Reform Act, or Merger Act, would prohibit FCC officials from accepting employment with a company it regulated for one year.
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