To the lobby
Interest-ing
P.A.C
Show me the money!
McCain-CDV
100
What is Lobbying
Persuding public officals to support your view on an issue
100
True or False: Campaigns for public office cost a great deal of money
What is True
100
PAC stands for what
What is Political Action Committees
100
F.E.C stands for what
What is Federal Election Committees
100
the bill would prohibit what
What is soft money contributions to the national political parties, labor unions and wealthy individuals
200
How can people lobby public officials
Phone calls, letters, e-mails, or meetings
200
What does an interest group do
What is influence political parties/public opinion
200
What is PAC
What is the banks of special interest groups
200
Money that is donated to a specific federal campaign
What is hard money
200
McCain was trying to protect this core democrat value by passing this bill
What is Equality
300
What does McCain think about lobbying
He believed they were destroying the election process
300
True or False: Interest groups and political parties are very much the same creatures
What is False, they're very different
300
What are two distinct types
What is segregated fund committees and unconnect committees
300
money that is given to a specific political party
What is soft money
300
McCain-Feingold would double the amount of _______ individuals may contribute
What is hard money
400
What are the roles of a lobbyist in the political system
To provide money and support to a running canidate in return for getting that canidate to support their view
400
What is one way interest groups influence the behavior of political parties
Some groups keep close ties with one or the other major parties, hope in securing the support of both of them
400
What must a PAC do to be legal
What is register with the FEC
400
True or False: Soft money has no limit
What is false
400
Canidates getting more money than the other is not fair and violates this core democratic value
What is Justice
500
Regulating lobbying activites is this kind of law (State or Federal)
What is both
500
What is another way interest groups influence the behavior of political parties
What is urge their memebers to become active in party affairs and try to win posts in party organizations
500
How many PAC's are active today
What is more than 4,000
500
_____ always outdrew _____ in soft money
What is republicans and democrats
500
The Snowe-Jeffords amendment prevents _____ or ______ from laundering funds through non-profits to make electioneering communications
What is unions or corpurations
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