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| Raising money from within using membership fees (exp: NRA, Texas layers) |
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| Political action committee, an origination devise used by corporations, labor unions and other originations to raise money for campaign contributions |
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| Who do lobbyists work for? |
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| Corporations and interests groups |
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| Interest groups that act on the behalf of organized labor have fared well in Texas. |
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| Provide two examples of professional interest groups in Texas. |
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| Texas Trial Lawyers Association & Texas Health Care Association |
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| Provide three examples of racial/ethnic interest groups in Texas. |
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| NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, LULAC - League of United Latin American Citizens, MALDEF - Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund |
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| Texas law forbids corporations and interest groups from contributing money directly to campaigns. |
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| What were the three problems with PACs that we identified in class? |
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| If you don’t have ties to PAC you can’t really win, if your interest group does not have money, Erosion of access to elected representatives by citizenry |
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| an origination that seeks to influence government officials and their policies on behalf of the members sharing common views and objectives. |
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| Protests and Demonstrations |
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| Illegal Activity in Lobbying |
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| Lobbyist Registration Act |
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| a person must register with the ethics commission if he/she receives more the $1000 in a calendar year as a lobbyist |
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| Provide two examples of single-issue interest groups in Texas. |
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| Who do public interest groups claim to represent? |
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| Provide two examples of interest groups that represent the business community in Texas. |
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| What kind of interest group tends to dominate Texas politics? |
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