Interest Groups
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| An interest group is most likely to have influenced in Congress with which of the following situations? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following officials do lobbyists most succeed with? | show 🗑
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| show | Candidates who hold incumbent status.
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| show | They want to influence office holders and achieve legislative goals.
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| show | Appearing on the floor of Congress as staff assistance to senators and representatives.
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| show | They are former government officials who have close ties with current legislatures.
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| Which of the following lobbying techniques is LEAST commonly used by interest groups? | show 🗑
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| show | Large size of membership.
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| show | A government official leaving his position for a job with a business or interest group.
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| show | Contributions from political parties.
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| show | PAC's always contribute to only one candidate in a race.
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| show | More and more candidates are resisting PAC money because of the risk of scandal.
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| Which Statement is INCORRECT? | show 🗑
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| show | It's organizational skill.
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| The single most important "Tactic" of an interest group is the ability to? | show 🗑
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| Senator Kennedy's observation that we may have "the finest Congress that money can buy" is probably off mark because? | show 🗑
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| Over half of all PAC's are sponsored by? | show 🗑
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| Scholars have found a "slight statistical correlation" between PAC contributions and congressional votes when votes involve? | show 🗑
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| show | Conflicts of interest.
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| show | Two years.
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| show | The First Amendment.
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| The Supreme Court has continually protected what type of lobbying from regulation as a form of speech? | show 🗑
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| show | The IRS tax code.
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| show | Requires filing of detailed disclosure reports twice a year.
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