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Vocabulary
Mixed questions
Kinds of interest groups
How do they influence the process?
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An Interest group representative who seeks to influence legislation that will benefit their organization or client through political persuasion.
What is a lobbyist?
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What is lobbying?
Lobbying refers to an interest group’s effort to persuade government officials through personal contact.
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These groups tend to be very strongly driven, composed of members who are passionately committed to the particular cause.
What is single-issue interest groups
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Interest groups send out press releases and run advertisements promoting their views
What is propaganda
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Who warned of the dangers of factions?
James Madison
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Define Faction
A term the founders used to refer to political parties and special interests or interest groups.
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True or false: Interest groups can give unlimited amounts of money to political campaigns.
False
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This type seeks some sort of economic advantage for their members, are the most common type of interest group.
What is an economic interest group
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representatives of interest groups meet privately with government officials to suggest legislations. What term is used to describe this?
Direct lobbying
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An iron triangle is a mutually beneficial relationship between
an interest group, a congressional committee, and a regulatory agency.
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Define Litigation
The process of resolving a dispute through the court system.
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True or False:Testifying before Congress is a method that interest groups use to influence the government
True
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Groups represent unions, which work to increase wages and improve working conditions for both skilled and unskilled workers.
What is a labor interest group
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Interest groups write letter and emails to their local representative. What king of lobbying is this?
What is grassroots lobbying
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Differences between political parties and interest groups?
A special interest group lobbies for a specific issue or category of issues - such as animal rights, environment, limited terms, etc. A political party represents an IDEOLOGY, encompassing a wide variety of issues. Its stated position on all issues is stated as a "platform".
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What is also known as "Friends of the courts"
What is amicus curaie breif
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What is soft money?
Unregulated campaign contribution money
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These groups claim to work for the good of the whole society, not just one part of it.
What is a public interest group
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What is socializing?
These events in DC and are often political events as well. Interest groups hold social functions and members attend other functions to meet and forge relationships with government officials.
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How might lobbying provide a beneficial service to legislators?
By providing legislators with information.
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What Is an organization of people who share a common interest and work together to protect and promote that interest by influencing the government.
What is an interest group
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True or false: Grassroots activism refers to attempts to persuade government officials by direct, personal contact.
False
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PACs were formed to allow unions and corporations to
Funnel unlimited amounts of money to candidates of thier choice
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Some interest groups rate legislators on the basis of their voting records. What term does this describe?
What is an endorsement.
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What is a 527 group?
A 527 group (named after the section of the tax code that allows them) is a tax-exempt organization that promotes a political agenda, although they cannot expressly advocate for or against a specific candidate.