Chapter 6 Interest Groups and Lobbying
The most important thing interest groups need to be effective is
access to politicians "elected officials"
Interest groups have a advantage over individuals in influencing policy because interest groups usually have
all of the above
Interest groups often hire former legislators as lobbyists to
all of the above
grassroots lobbying
appeals to the GENERAL public on a specific issue & request that public contact elected representatives
Interest groups
are organizations that attempt to influence society & government to act in ways in line with their *interests*
Lobbying is
attempting to making or implementation of public policy in ways favorable to the group's interest
When interest groups combine small contributions from many sources to form one large contribution it is called
bundling
The most important interest groups in Texas represent which interests?
business
Interest groups provide public officials with all of the following expect
committee assignments
Dark money refers to
donated money that does not have to be reported by campaign
Lobbyists are
important sources of information for legislators
direct lobbying
influence elected officials & policymakers to pass policy favorable to group
The goals of interest groups include all expect
maintaining a heterogenous membership
PACS
political action committees private groups that raise and dist
Lobbyists
provide info contribute to content of bills persuade legislators
"8F Crowd"
was a group of extremely wealthy Texans who met in suite 8F of the Lamar Hotel in Houston and controlled Texas politics for 40 years