The evidence for the claim that campaign money buys influence and elected officials ignore voters to please donors is
a. overwhelming.
b. tenuous.
c. compelling but not indisputable.
d. clear but exceedingly controversial.
b. tenuous.
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How does lobbying the executive branch differ from lobbying the judicial branch?
A. Lobbying the courts requires a law degree, whereas lobbying the executive branch does not. B. It is much more costly for interest groups to lobby the courts than to lobby the executive branch. C. Lobbying the executive branch focuses on pending legislation, whereas lobbying the courts focuses on overturning existing law. D. Lobbying the executive branch focuses on how agencies will carry out procedures, rules, and regulations, whereas lobbying the courts focuses on how laws are interpreted by judges.
Day-to-day direct lobbying is largely an attempt by interest groups to
A) ?ensure that legislators abide by agreements made with interest groups. B) ?encourage elected officials to follow-through on promises made in exchange for contributions. C) ?allow members of Congress to have access to interest group members. D) ?maintain a high profile so they can continue to demand contributions from their members. E) ?frame issues in terms most beneficial to their point of view.
Which agency was subjected to intense scrutiny by Congress, the press, and the public because it failed to alert the nation to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and misread the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?
a. the National Reconnaissance Office b. the Central Intelligence Agency c. the Department of Defense d. the National Security Agency