"Agency capture" occurs when

A. regulatory agencies side with the industries they are supposed to regulate rather than with the public.
B. an election results in the replacement of an agency's leadership through appointive positions under a new president.
C. a regulatory agency funnels money back into the lobbying organizations that are seeking policy changes.
D. a regulatory agency must be dismantled because it has become corrupted.
E. the executive branch takes back control of a regulatory agency.


Answer: A

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