2-Year Colleges Step Up Lobbying

In capitols and Congress, savvier tactics and cooperation yield results (and pork)

At an early-morning hearing of the California Senate's Education Committee, Sally M. Angulo scans the room, which is quickly filling with lawyers, parents, administrators, and other suit-and-tie professionals here either to speak their minds or just track legislation.

"Oh, there's some of my people," says Ms. Angulo, director of state and governmental relations for the California Community

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