Disruption: The Purpose Of Interest Group Negotiations

Lobbying is when special interest groups hire and pay a professional advocate to argue for specific legislation in law making bodies such as Congress. It has been going on since the Country’s inception and happens at every level of government. Corporations do most of it, and usually target congresspersons, but executive agency officials and US Supreme Court Appointments have been included.

In simple words lobbying is way of influencing a person or employee who has the power to make or change the decision on their favor. Lobbyists especially work for interest groups, law firms and corporations. 1 Interest groups are non – profit and usually voluntary organization who have a common cause for which they seek to influence public policy without seeking any political control. Many corporations and foreign countries donate a great deal of

Many of the Bill of Rights can be used as provisions that protect the individuals who try and influence politics. Two provisions I am going to choose are the First Amendment and search and seizure.

The right to petition our Government, though often overlooked in comparison with the other freedoms listed in the First Amendment. This right grants people not only the freedom to stand up and speak out against injustices they feel are occurring, but also grants the power to help change those injustices.

In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses his diction, imagery, and syntax in order to elegantly illustrate the story of Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. By telling the story from Carraway’s point of view, Fitzgerald is able to enhance the reading experience of the reader to the point where they can feel as if they are in the story themselves. Fitzgerald’s formal, connotative, diction allows the reader to put significant thought and understanding into their reading experience, while his imagery allows one to envision just what sort of setting Gatsby and Carraway are in. Combined with his long, thought inducing sentence structure, Fitzgerald is able to stir up the emotions of his readers, and invoke their deeper understanding of his

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution added in 1981 as part of the Bill of Rights protects the rights of free speech, a free press, freedom to assemble or form groups and the freedom to contact and lobby government. The First Amendment Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution because it protects the basic rights of Americans from government interference. This meant that the government could not prevent individuals from freely expressing their opinions, and the right to criticize the government. I think the right to contact and lobby government was always extended to individuals or groups of individuals, business and organizations but was tilted towards the well off. Businesses didn’t always have so much power in Washington because

The Human Rights Campaign is the largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender advocacy group in the nation. With over 400,000 members, the group is able to lobby very effectively in Washington and has an impressive legislative record. The HRC began in 1980 as a fund to raise money for gay-supportive congressional candidates. It was meant to be a response to the successful right-wing groups at the time, including the National Conservative Political Action Committee and Moral Majority. By 1984, the Human Rights Campaign Fund was effectively supporting congressional candidates, raising over 475,000 dollars. By 1990, the HRC had a membership of 25 thousand, and was organizing

Right now we have a very big national problem. With our president having such a set way of thinking and him having so much power to our country. Lives like mine are put to so much danger. Right now Donald Trump made an executive order saying any immigrant that is here illegally will be sent back to their country of birth. This puts many people at risk. People in my family are facing this I put this in the global issue section because, yes it is affecting people here but now countries like Europe who already have refugees and don't have to find some way to fit all the illegal immigrants in the United States. People like my parents are hard working people and are not criminals, this may sound like any story you may already read or heard but it

the first step in contacting an interest group. First, interest groups may be the target of efforts to enlist them as supporters of a particular policy position. A member of Congress or an agency head may feel that a policy he is pushing is not receiving the backing it should from the private sector. He may try to persuade representatives of interest groups to become more active on behalf of the cause. Second, interest groups are valuable sources of political intelligence. They can provide information concerning the lobbying activities of all other interest groups, pros and cons, on the issue at hand. They can also act as eyes and ears for their friends in government. Third, people in government may come to interest groups for the purpose of obtaining substantive data with regard to an issue. Congressional and agency staffs rarely have time to gather all the information they need on their own. Interest groups can be useful in

These groups enter politics, hoping to achieve that goal. One example is the American Civil Liberties Union. Considered our nation's guardian of liberty, the members of this union are consistently seen working courts, legislatures and in communities to both defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that are guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Political parties on the other hand, are often viewed as groups who incorporate the goals of multiple interest groups. Their main goal on the other hand, is to promote a fundamental ideal. An example are Democrats promoting their liberal ways of spending more money or preventing people from owning arms with the intent of harming someone. If there are times where direct contributions are given by interest groups, those contributions not only help them achieve their fundamental goal, but also help them have their views expressed to the public. When the donations arrive, they only strengthen a candidate’s hopes of winning the election, which will lead him/her to eventually enter political office and promoting the interest group’s views to the public through measures such as the media. The relationship that exists between both political parties and interest groups is almost invigorating. Both are able to benefit each other and allow the other group to fulfill their fundamental goals.

Interest groups create a great deal of controversy today. While many scholars see the competition between interest groups as a fundamental component of a healthy democracy, some, including myself, view them as troublemakers who generate many of the problems and controversies our nation faces today. Despite the fact that interest groups allow the general public to express their ideas and thoughts on political issues, the Anti-Federalists were correct to conclude that the competition between interest groups will make successful government impossible.

That is to say they influence persons who have authority within a law making entity, usually like minded politicians. These politicians will then create new legislation which will in the hopes of the interest group benefit their goals, as well as create an easier route to even more radical and beneficial changes. These new laws become the norm and work their way into the fabric of American society. An example of this would be activists participating in the Civil rights movement of the 1960’s. Since, the Civil rights movement was so large and endorsed by the majority of citizens, politicians had to change laws because the public demanded it. Therefore, to ensure voter support politicians sided for equal rights, and passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964(1). Another use of interest groups was in 2008 when two entities which influence political campaigns had a grievance with each other due to the airing of a political film funded by Citizens United(a political interest group aiming to spread conservative ideals) about Hillary Clinton which was seen as an electioneering communication prohibited by the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, which aimed to limit funds and advertising in the time leading up to political campaigns. Citizens United saw this as a violation of the First Amendment on the grounds the government cannot restrict political expenditures from a nonprofit organization, and sued

For example, interest groups, “a group of people who share common goals and organize to influence the government”, can bring about this change. (503, Interest Group Organization). In addition, interest groups, “try to influence government officials to support certain policies” (504, Defining Interest Groups). Therefore, the interest groups’ purpose is to support policies citizens are concerned about. Citizens should engage with interest groups because they connect the gap between the people and the government. Groups, who are made of citizens, spend countless hours and money to bring change to the public by influencing government officials and bringing attention to them. Similar to our Generation Citizen, where together as a class, reached out to city council and our citizen targets to educate the public about the effects of addiction of e-cigs. Interest groups are effective at building relationships with government officials and using funding to draft bills for approval by the government. Engagement is an important role for a citizen because within interest groups, citizens are able to communicate their desires to government officials and protect the well-being of the citizens of America. Furthermore citizens join interest groups to, “protect or promote their economic self-interest… get their beliefs translated into policy” (505, Leadership and Membership). Thus, by joining an interest group, citizens are more likely to get what they desire. For example, union workers are part of interest groups that include labor unions and together, by gathering workers together, they are able to stride for higher wages or better benefits. Another intermediary that engages with citizens are lobbyists. In the textbook it states that, “lobbyists are representatives of interest groups who make direct contact with lawmakers” (508, The Work of

A person who is hired to persuade legislator to support a particular business or a cause by a business or a relation is known as a lobbyist. These people may not necessarily be interested about the reason of the meeting or interested in talking to the legislators but they have enough time to talk with them about the case. Lobbyist are sales person hired to influence resolution makers in the legislature and in the organizations of the executive division (Ramsey). Also, Interest group is also a group of people who tries to influence the government about a certain policy. They try to make an influence about the policy that would favor or benefit them. They claim to be working for the public even though they are working with their own interest

The theory I utilize most when considering social problems, such as domestic violence are strengths and systems theory. Systems theory is a go to theory for me as I feel a large part of our decisions and experiences is impacted by the systems in our lives. For example, a domestic violence survivor may have witnessed domestic violence in her childhood and may feel that it is acceptable for a spouse or partner to physically abuse, name-call, and do all of the decision making. They may also have grown up in a household where their mother did not work and took care of the household with little input in to household decisions and no access to household funds.