42 Interest Groups

First, they [______________] try to shape policies, which they can do by mobilizing voters or by putting direct pressure on elected officials.

• interest groups

• federal programs

• public schools

Second and probably more important thing that interest groups do is ___________ they can provide for elected officials.

• gather information

• research blackmail

• edit social media

The combination of interest groups, congress, and the bureaucracy are sometimes called the "______________"

• iron triangle

• golden crescent

• three stooges

Interest groups don't just provide information [for congressmen], they actually write the ______ that become laws.

• bills

• memorandums

• executive orders

[Interest groups] can often be more effective providing information to agencies and writing _____________ rather than the laws.

• regulations

• thank you letters

• calendar events

[There are] a lot of interest group efforts spent ___________ bureaucratic agencies as well as Congress.

• lobbying

• developing

• circumventing

Interest groups are also not the same as _______________ ... [which are] an organizations that collects and distributes campaign funds and information.

• political action committees

• political parties

• government bureaucracies