Federalism and the separation of powers
a. make the activities of interest groups more difficult.
b. encourage interest group activity.
c. have no impact on interest groups.
d. discourage interest group activity.
e. only promote interest group activity at the state level.
b. Encourages interest group activity in all parts of the national government.
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