Phil Cooney Lobbying

The goal of a lobbyist is to petition members of the Congress, to vote on an issue that is important to their cause. Their cause is usually about making money for a corporation, and not for social justice or positive political action. Lobbyist can give money to members of congress in a roundabout way, like campaign contributions. Therefore, when it comes time to vote on an issue, that may matter to the people that the congress person is supposed to represent, they may already have been “bribed” by the lobbyist. So, the congressperson votes in will favor of where the got their money from and not in the best interest of the people. In that way the political process does not have the best interest of the people at

One is putting money towards the campaigns of Congressmen and women that either support their shared ideals. This is not the buying of votes though as it is seen to the public eye that would be a waste of funds to go about trying to pass policy that way. Hall and Waymen argue that interest groups and PAC money that is used to back certain candidate in election is not to buy votes but to mobilize the legislative process. “Simply put, interest group resources are intended to accomplish something different from, and more than, influencing elections or buying votes…we argue that PAC money should be allocated in order to mobilize legislative support and demobilization opposition, particularly at the most important point in the legislative process.” That is only one way that they influence congress. Public support is another. If an interest group can gather enough public support behind their issues they can effect change in government policy. For example the NAACP in its fight for civil rights. Interest groups work with the government to push policy. Without the government some interest groups would exist because of the government grants that they receive. Other groups can be led by an organization, single person or by

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) generally enters into legal disputes related to Bill of Rights issues.

Lobbying (also lobby) is the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in a government, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Lobbying is done by many types of people, associations and organized groups, including individuals in the private sector, corporations, fellow legislators or government officials, or advocacy groups (interest groups). Lobbyists may be among a legislator's constituencies, meaning a voter or block of voters within his or her electoral district, or not; they may engage in lobbying as a business, or not. Basically when you’re giving an opinion from someone else it’s not something that’s coming from your mouth it’s not how you feel someone is giving you what to say.

Lobbying of government institution affects congress members simply because there is a steady flow of information being put upon them from different lobby groups for a certain topic. The utilization of likely overall power from the individuals on persuasion is an important part of the lobbying of government institutions. Grassroots of mobilization deals with the individual level raise attention to a specific topic in the community. This mobilization can affect the voting outcome from the congressmen running for that community. If the community doesn't get the wanted results from the congressman, they are not going to vote for him/her. The effect of public policies are clearly shown in the Lobbying of government institution and the Grassroots

Lobbyists have been around for many years and can be very convincing characters whenever they want to make a change that will favor them. They are undeniably the powers that are behind a great deal

Lobbyists frequently work at shake of an association, enterprise or gathering to push legislature benefiting that group’s interests or needs. Lobbyists understand all aspects of the legislative process so they can easily work with the individuals from Congress and other government authorities on the issues. They require an understanding of the issue itself, the same number of subjects are difficult to figure out and require research and different procedure. They collect background information, statistics and issues to support

Lobbying is the campaigning or the act of attempting to convince administrators to propose, pass, or thrashing enactment or to change existing laws. A lobbyist may work for a gathering, association, or industry, and presents data on administrative proposition to bolster his or her customers' advantage. This piece of writing seeks to explain why I am against Railroad Lobbying.

Caress first argues that term limits do not “weaken the grip that special interest lobbyists ha[ve] on lawmaking.” Lobbyists’ jobs are to advocate the ideas of the American people; however lobbyists do not always act as the perfect voice for the people. Instead, lobbyists use money to the influence of

I feel that money is an important factor to lobbyist whose connection with people at the top is crucial. Representative Lloyd Doggett agrees that in most cases, “All the lobbying is focused on a handful of people at the top”(Wayne, NYT, 10/01/01). It seems to me that major corporations have an easier time

With the assistance of the lobbying business, Washington's territorial economy appears to have weathered the financial tempest of late years. Congress passed a 1995 Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA), which apparently obliged all "lobbyists" to report their exercises for the benefit of paying customers, the answer have to be an easy decision: simply discover the lawfully ordered divulgence structures, and number them up. While thousands of lobbyists work the halls of Congress and government agencies and billions of dollars are spent each year on advocacy, the groups with the most lobbyists and money don’t necessarily win (Pinkham,2010). We found that about a large portion of those included in approach support—our everything of-the-above term

Through privatization of major organizations, the government cuts its responsibility for some of the public programs and relays it to the public. These private organizations keep propelling their agendas to increase their wealth and power. This creates a conflict for our society as the government is not serving the needs for everybody but the needs for the upper class. This act is often reinforced by lobbyist groups. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) defines lobbying as a follows: “an organization will be regarded as attempting to influence legislation if it contacts, or urges the public to contact, members or employees of a legislative body for the purpose of proposing, supporting, or opposing legislation, or if the organization advocates the adoption or rejection of legislation.” The IRS is careful with wording to say

● In the mid­seventeenth century, lobbyists met members of Congress just outside the chambers of the House or

One key debate among the authors is what is actually influenced by lawmaking. On one hand, Hansen (1991) takes the perspective that lobbying influences the relationship between interest groups and lawmakers. Hansen bases his argument on the belief that because legislators want to be reelected and they lack information about the “issue preferences of their constituents, the salience of issues to their constituents, and the effectiveness of various policy options,” they will seek information to reduce this uncertainty. The service that interest groups provide the, is this information. Certain interest groups, Hansen argues have “competitive advantage,” (p. 13) in the sense that they can provide certainty about constituent beliefs in an efficient and effective manner, in order to help lawmakers get reelected. Given that elections re-occur, an additional point Hansen makes is for interest groups to have some kind of influence over lawmakers, the conditions that provide this competitive advantage must be expected to recur. When these conditions are met, interest groups

     We elect politicians on the basis on the issues by which they stand, and these issues are either held up or weakened by the numerous interest groups that exist today. Interest groups target both major and minor issues, using all of their resources to sponsor or overpower the groups’ concern. Interest groups are composed of a limited range of the body of voters who have a great stake in the issues their group support. They make evident the issues their group supports. Their resources are used in an attempt to make their issue public policy. Interest groups are persistent; they do not give up until they succeed. They lobby congress, take legal action,