public policy. In fact‚ all Americans have political advocates working for them in some form. Businesses‚ industries and groups with concerns that might be affected by public policies can use advocates to influence the officials who make policies. Lobbying‚ grassroots efforts‚ and political action committees are all among ways to advocate opinions and information to our government officials. A lobbyist is a person whose job is to try to influence public officials‚ usually for or against a specific
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public policy by attempting to focus people’s attention on these topics or educate them on a certain issue or a small group of issues. They do this mostly by lobbying congressional committees at the local‚ state‚ and national levels‚ usually during campaign season. Grassroots lobbying and political action committees play a big role in lobbying efforts. Congress relies on funding and support from interest groups‚ and in return‚ the legislation focuses on the issues in which supporting interest groups
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groups on policy-making in the USA has been controversial. The main issue is that of the ‘revolving door’ effect that emerges from links between powerful organisations. This refers to the frequent interchange of personnel between Congress and the lobbying industry‚ which often occurs when there is a member of Congress‚ such as Chris Dodd who was the Senator of Connecticut‚ who then transfers to a pressure group‚ most commonly one that represents a section of society. In Dodd’s case he was automatically
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violent activities which target persons‚ groups‚ or property deemed offensive to the direct action participants. Lobbying is an example of direct action which is used regularly in pressure groups. For example the ’Country Side Alliance’ is an outsider cause group which has the Labour Party as an opposition. The Country Side Alliance was published by channel 4 that they were "the main lobbying group on rural issues". Another example is fathers 4 justice which produced
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Question 1 Power can be exercised in one of two ways. The first is far easier to comprehend. It is called “manifest power”. Manifest power involves one person or group of people exercising control over a second person or group of people by giving some sort of sign or signal. This includes everything from coercion to simply asking for something to be done or even giving non-verbal cues‚ like a police officer flashing their lights. If a police officer were to flash their lights‚ every driver in the
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“Counting Corporate Crooks.” The New York Times 16 Jul. 2005‚ late ed.: A15 Huffington‚ Arianna Stassinopoulos‚ 1950-. Pigs at the trough : how corporate greed and political corruption are undermining America / Arianna Huffington Katel‚ Peter. "Lobbying Boom." The CQ Researcher Online 15.26 (2005). 24 July 2005 <http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2005072200>
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Influence of interest groups on the American legislature We elect politicians on the basis on the issues by which they stand‚ and these issues are either held up or weakened by the numerous interest groups that exist today. Interest groups target both major and minor issues‚ using all of their resources to sponsor or overpower the groups’ concern. Interest groups are composed of a limited range of the body of voters who have a great stake in the issues their group support. They make evident
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AP U.S. Government: Chapter 9 and 10 Chapter 9: Interest Groups * K Street – where much political life occurs; a row of office buildings where nearly 7‚000 organizations are represented in Washington * The U.S. has many more organizations represented in its capital than other countries. These are interest groups (lobbies) who participate in politics. * Explaining Proliferation * Three reasons why interest groups are so common in this country * Cleavage in society * Divisions
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LOBBYING FOR GROWTH The 5-30 a.m. beep from his wristwatch woke up Anurag Saxena. In characteristic style he jumped out of bed and headed for the bathroom only to stop at the door. Memories of the previous day came rushing back and Saxena realized that there was no need to hurry. Yesterday he called up Tim Leed‚ director for India and West Asia of the New York-based Denver Instruments‚ to say that he was quitting the company. “Wait for a day Anurag. We can talk about this again tomorrow‚” was
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Iron Triangles Definition The closed‚ mutually supportive relationships that often prevail in the United States between the government agencies‚ the special interest lobbying organizations‚ and the legislative committees or subcommittees with jurisdiction over a particular functional area of government policy. As long as they hang together‚ the members of these small groups of movers and shakers tend to dominate all policy-making in their respective specialized areas of concern‚ and they
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