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Andy Kim, D-N.J., would require financial disclosures from certain presidential nominees if they performed work for a foreign government in the last five years."/> <div class="skybox-img-backdrop"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" class="skybox-img-backdrop-svg" viewBox="0 0 100 100" preserveAspectRatio="none" > <polygon points="0,100 100,0 100,100"/> </svg> </div> </div> <div class="skybox-label"> Management </div> <div class="skybox-text">Congressional Dems want more guardrails for nominees</div> </a> </aside> </div> <div class="skybox-carousel-item" data-internal-position="1"> <aside class="skybox-item" > <a class="skybox-link" href="/management/2024/11/trumps-education-nominee-would-bring-past-government-experience-role/401294/?oref=ge-skybox-static" > <div class="skybox-img-container"> <img class="skybox-img" src="https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2024/11/25/112524_Getty_GovExec_McMahon/261x157.jpg?1732570868" alt=" Linda McMahon during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Feb. 12, 2019. McMahon headed the Small Business Administration during Trump's first term. 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