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| Campain contributions but legistlators' vote on important issuses affectiving the group |
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| Campain contributiond often go to incumberd who do not support the group's goals to maintain friendly relations to that legister. |
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| More lobbying occurs in the executive branch of goverment than in congress |
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| Lobbying of an exective branch agency seeks to influnence the making of rules and relagations used to implemtment congressional legisation. |
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| Grass roots lobbying inderect lobbying since group represesntive do not directly contact desision- makers |
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| Those that do not make cmpain contributions usually do not have acess to members of congress. |
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| The purpose of campain contributiond is to keep a group'ssupporters in office and to mantain acess. |
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| Most campain contributions go to incumbents becaaause they usually win. |
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| Grass roots lobbying is usually more effective that direct lobbying becuase lesislators are more reponsive to constituents who can vote for them than lobbyists |
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| attempts of interedt groups to influence public opinion |
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| when the represtive of a interst group contacts government desisions m,akers for the purpose of influencing public policy |
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| Define Grass roots lobbying |
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| inderect lobbying in which a group attempts to influenece group members and the generalpublic too contact policy desisions makers to support the goals of the group |
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| attempents to influence government policy by becomming involved in th election process to elect or defeat a candidate |
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| What are some of the reasons why sholars belive interst groups are more influence today but individual groups is less important |
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| as the numbeerws of groups has increased they have become more influence making each individual group less powerful |
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| How does an interest group achieve its goals through litigation? |
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| filing a law suitin courrt |
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| Name two grops that have been sucessful using litigation. |
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| A billboard purchased by a potilical interest group saying elect Obama is an example of which type of interest group tactic |
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| An interest group that contacts its members urging them to write or call their congressional reperestive about an issue is an example of which type of interest group tactic? |
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| The hired represtive of an interest group who contacts member of congress about an issue of concern to that group is an exmample of which type group tactic. |
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| An interest group represtive of an interest group who contacts members of congress about an issue of concern to that group is an example of which interest tactic? |
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