If you wanted to convince a government official to take a specific action that benefits an interest, how would you do that?
What will be an ideal response?
I would engage in lobbying activities around personal contact with elected officials, providing money for campaigns through PACs and using litigation to address particular legislation.
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Which of the following is an accurate statement about the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy?
a. Barack Obama initiated the policy as a goodwill gesture to the gay and lesbian community. b. It prevented gays and lesbians from serving in the military. c. It required gay and lesbian soldiers to keep quiet about their sexual orientation. d. It prevented the military from discharging gay and lesbian soldiers.
The main purpose of standing committees is:
A. to work out compromises between House and Senate versions of bills. B. to carry on business between legislative sessions. C. to centralize influence in the legislature. D. to provide a division of labor for evaluating proposals and overseeing agencies.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the case of Brown v. Board of Education?
a. It was a test case brought forward by the NAACP. b. It concerned the constitutionality of a Kansas law that required racial segregation of public schools. c. The Supreme Court ruled that laws that require separate facilities for whites and blacks are inherently unequal. d. It led to the eventual integration of public schools across the United States. e. It reaffirmed the finding in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson.
One recent example of interest groups emerging to push for remedial action from government was the emergence of
A) the Tea Party. B) the American Farm Bureau Federation after Congress banned GMO foods in the U.S. C) Flint Rising and the Coalition for Clean Water, which emerged in Flint, Michigan during its water crisis. D) Water You Fighting It, which emerged in Vermont after the Canadian Oil Pipeline leak. E) lobbyists on Madison Avenue after the stock market crashed.