Lobbying

Define "interest"

• favoring one view over another

• collection of opinions or attitudes

• attention paid to something

• to promote

Define "lobbyist"

• favoring one view or another

• how money is earned to pay for political campaigns

• a person who represents interest groups and communicates with government officials

• to promote or support

Define "public opinion"

• the overall collection of attitudes/opinions of the public

• attention paid to something

• a group of people who influence the government

• how money is earned to pay for campaigns

Define "campaign financing"

• favoring one view or another

• to promote or support

• organizations that help interest groups

• how money is earned to pay for political campaigns

What are the (shortened) steps of passing a bill?

• Propose bill - debate in Senate only- goes to President

• Propose bill- debate in both parts of Congress- joint conference committee to compromise- goes to President

• Propose bill- debate in the House only- Senate passes it into law

• Propose bill- debate in both parts of Congress- raise a specific amount of money- President can veto only