Government Chapter 13

The Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 requires that rules and regulations proposed by congress be published in the ____ before they are promulgated and that public hearings be held on them if anyone objects, providing interest groups the opportunity to influence the implementation of federal policy.

• Navy League

• Federal Register

• Washinton Review

• Congressional Record

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Common Cause advocates for more efficient government in the United States. While it solicits donation and gladly accepts them, it does not work on behalf of any specific membership, but instead seeks to make the government more efficient to benefit all Americans. By this definition, we can characterise Common Cause as a(n)

• grassroots lobby

• public interest lobby

• social movement

• selective incentive

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How did interst groups respond when Congress debated a massive stimulus package to support American families and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2007?

• They provided valuable technical information to members of congress

• they provided valuable political information to members of congress.

• They stayed out of the political fray, citing pandemic-related cost cuts to their organizations

• They rushed to Congress to get special exemptions and provisions for their clients.

Assume you are the chief executive officer of the Environmental Defense Fund, a public interest group focusing on climate change, oceans, wildlife and habitats and health. When the Republican Trump administration took office in 2017 with a Republican controlled Congress, what effect should you have expected it to have on your budget and membership?

• You expected your budget and membership would decline immensley

• You expected it would have no discernible effect on your budget and membership

• You expected your budget and membership would decline, albeit slightly

• You expected your budget and membership would increase dramatically.

Which statement about the growth of political action committees (PACs) is historically accurate?

• In the 1970s, the numbers of PACs were large but as a result of the Supreme Court decisions, their numbers have declined precipitously.

• PACs grew slowly when they first became legal but have exploded in the last twenty years alongside increased partisanhip

• The number of PACs grew dramatically in the 1970s but then leveled out in the mid 1980s and has remained near that level since then.

• PACs existed going back to the nineteenth century but only exploded in numbers since the 1990s

Why does the general public welcome lobbying?

• To understand public opinion better

• To provide technical knowledge in lawmaking

• To cater to groups with valuable electoral resources

• To influence government collectively

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Which statement is an example of something that James Madison and political scientist David Truman would agree on regarding interest groups and factions?

• Factions and interest groups must be eradicated to allow for the proliferation of liberty

• Interest groups are a positive good in the United States

• The proliferation of polictical interest groups was largely benign consequence of economic development

• Pluralist competition would keep any particular interest group from monopolizing power

Lobbyist provide two types of information to policymakers: ______

• artistic and political

• technical and historical

• political and historical

• historical and artisitic

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What factor differentiates a social movement from a traditional interest group?

• A nationalwide constituency

• A desire for change or a lack of thereof

• A formal organization or a lack thereof

• A coming together of like-minded people or lack thereof

Why are interest groups acting collectively so influential in modern Washington, DC?

• They are the main source of the technical and political information that shapes public policy

• They provide the bulk of money that politicians use in electoral campaigns

• They command the support of the majority of American voters

• They serve as a very important part in powerful iron triangles

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