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