Brown University hires external firms to lobby Congress, Trump administration

Brown University hires external firms to lobby Congress, Trump administration

For the first time since at least 2002, Brown has enlisted two firms, one of which is staffed by operatives who have almost exclusively worked in the Republican Party, to lobby Congress and the Trump administration on its behalf, according to public filings reviewed by The Herald.The move comes amid a shifting political landscape for higher education and a White House that has taken aim at highly selective universities nationwide.The two firms i…