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Gates launches lobbying arm – higher education on agenda

  • Written by Nicholas Tampio, Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
Bill Gates looks to his wife Melinda as they are interviewed in Kirkland, Washington, in February 2019. Elaine Thompson/AP

Bill and Melinda Gates have launched a lobbying group in part to drive their agenda on education.

The move comes as Congress is negotiating a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, the main federal law concerning student...

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