Interest Group Case Study

Limiting interest group is like cutting off the blood that flows through America’s vein. Interest groups plays a pivotal role in todays U.S society ranging from but not limited to; helping Congress and the administration to draft legislation and policy initiatives, provide information both to government and the public on a broad range of topical issues, and contribute significantly to political

In recent elections on the congressional level as well as for President we see the growing influences of interest groups in the form of PAC’s and Super PAC’s to back candidates. Super PAC’s can spend an unrestricted amount money to support a certain problems or candidate but cannot donate directly to the campaigns. PAC’s work with campaigns directly reallocating donations to candidates and parties.

“All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law” This quote from Theodore Roosevelt illustrates how corporate money can be disastrous when involved in election cycles. Unfortunately, this is not the case. The Supreme Court decided in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that companies and Super PAC’s could donate unlimited amount of money to support candidates. The Citizens United ruling has caused increased political corruption in the United States by giving candidates the money they need to win an election while changing policies that would be beneficial to the company.

Interest groups are structured groups which try to influence government to adopt certain policies or measures. The responsibilities of an interest group can be never-ending. One of the main responsibilities of an interest group is giving the underrepresented a chance to speak out on issues they are passionate about. The Rainbow/Push Coalition is an interest group I believed I would be passionate about.

Public interest lobbies form a linkage element between citizens and governmental elites. In lobbying they articulate what they perceive to be the issue positions of certain sectors of society. Public interest groups also play an important role in facilitating the political participation of their members and related attentive publics. By helping to bring new issues to the table, interest groups influence the shape of political agendas.

An interest group also known as a special interest group or a lobby is an organized group of individuals, organizations, or businesses who share a goal. The interest group forms an alliance in support of their cause to influence public policy and government officials in the group 's favor. The goal of the group could be focused on small group, such as the Japan Eraser Manufacturer 's Association; or the goal could be focused on a large public group, such as family and friends of public school-aged children in the United States. "The most important lobbying forces in any society are the various entities of government: national, regional, and local government agencies and institutions such as the military" (Thomas).???????????

Everyone welcome to this meeting hosted by Congressman Harry Smith. My name is Ashley Stogdill I am going to be his intern for the summer term. Today we are going to discuss rulemaking. This may seem like a familiar topic and to some, but we just want to address the important factors that are sometimes missed or overlooked during the process. We are going to begin by discussing the impact that interest groups play on legislation. What does this really mean and what are these interest groups? Interest groups are defined as a group of individuals having a common identifying interest that often provides a basis for action.

interest groups are activity involved in the legislature process (on the national level) seeking to

In the American political system, practice of lobbying has had a prodigious influence over governmental action. Lobbying groups are considered to be essential to the proper functioning of the government. National Conference of State Legislatures estimates there are more than fifty different versions of lobbying laws in states. However, they all share a fundamental theory of lobbying as an attempt of influencing governmental decision and policy. Similarly, interest group symbolize an organized group of people who shares common interest to influence governmental activities.

An interesting pattern that political scientists have discovered is that interest group activity has gone up significantly even though voter turnout continually declines every year.

of Political Interest groups, its definition is then changed into a group of people that share the

The most common activity for interest groups is lobbying. But that is not the only activity they are involved in, they are also involved in activities like forming Political Action Committees (PAC’s) and election activities. Lobbying is done by groups to influence the government decisions on policies. In the United States, almost all of the interest groups employ lobbyists to influence policy making. Lobbyists work to try to persuade governmental officials. Some ways they achieve their goals are persuasion, economic leverage, and disruption. The most important rule to lobbying is the entrance. You must be able to influence an official. The more spread out the interest groups money is throughout the country, the more likely it is that the legislators will listen to the concerns of that group.

Interest groups and political parties both play exceptionally important roles in the way our government works. For many Americans, it is often easy to get the two confused or believe they are the same thing. This, however, is incorrect. These institutions have different responsibilities and duties that help shape our country on a day to day basis. Interest groups and political parties may seem synonymous, yet they are in fact different and each holds an important place in government and contributes to pluralism in particularly specific ways.

with the same agenda join the interests group that they feel will benefit their cause.

6. Pressure groups are interest group that attempts to influence legislation like a lobbyist and they