Legislator

Lobbying involves the process of altering the decisions or laws during the law-making process by persuading the law makers or legislators. It has huge impact in the functioning of our Government and smooth practice of the constitution. Even though lobbying has been protected by the U.S. Constitution under the 1st amendment for right to freedom, assembly, and petition. Lobbying are likely another form of legalized corruption still practiced in U.S. where big interest groups try to persuade lawmakers to pass bills in their favor. They spend huge amount of money on the lawmakers, elected members, their relatives for their food, entertainment, campaign, sports. These interest groups spend billions of dollars in this process. So, it is often called as multi-billion dollar industry. Although there are very rigid limitations on how much money that interest groups can contribute to campaigns, it is believed that 95 percent of the spending are off the record. In the name of legal process, these interest groups, lobbyists disclose the meeting and spending. But, according to the analysis by Ramsey, R.,"Over the last decade, the detailed reports never accounted for even 5 percent of the total spending." So, this data shows the ongoing corruption…

1. The Chief Legislator is the most important role of the governors in today’s world They take the lead in lawmaking activities, and involve themselves in the laws passed by the state legislative body. The environment that the Chief Legislator works in is often a conflict environment and is often in constant divisiveness. Agenda Setting is the first step in the process of policy making. This position places items on the agenda for government action, these items are usually ones that affect the…

In the controversial question over who runs congress, the definitely answer would be the legislators; instead it is a battle between the constituents and the lobbyists. The answer to that question seems obvious depending on who is answering; constituents believe that lobbyist is the muppet masters and lobbyists believe that constituents are agenda blockers to their special interests. However, legislators tend to straddle the fence depending on which side is more beneficial at the moment. Is…

However, McGray’s target audience is people that can make changes in the educational curriculum, which signifies that his intended audience includes American legislators involved in American curriculum policies. McGray, who is co-creator and editor-in-chief of Pop-Up Magazine, claims that Americans are neglecting a valuable resource that is essential for the future generations’…

education system in order to prove that changes in the education of young Americans must be made. “Lost in America” was issued by Foreign Policy magazine in 2006, which reveals that McGray’s audience includes American legislators involved in the elaboration of American curriculum policies. In order to support his argument for this audience of policy makers and legislators, McGray builds credibility through the use of anecdotes that surprise and shock his audience, hyperboles to overemphasize his…

As mentioned above, corporations can use resources as leverage during the policymaking process. A firm’s access to resources offers them an advantage when influencing policymakers. Oftentimes policymakers do not have access to the resources and expertise needed when drafting legislation. Hertel-Fernandez states that one of the ways businesses can exert influence on policymaking is by providing resources (2014, p. 586). Legislators faced with time and resource constraints often turn to private…

1) Although the United States constitution and the Nevada constitution cover similar content, they do have a number of differences. The internal forces such as foundation of western gold mines, conflicts from Mexico and Mormons as well as the external forces like President Lincoln granting statehood in order to win his election. When they did grant statehood they restricted Nevada to no slavery, no disclaim of federal land or taxation of federal land. The other differences are that Nevada’s…

In current Texas Legislator, a career dedicated to persuading legislators is active. This career being Lobbyism. Which is a way business try to ease their ideas onto legislators. When an elected official accepts money, or gifts in return for a vote, it seems greedy and makes that person overall untrustworthy. However not everything that lobbyists do is bad or with a rapacious attitude. In both the Texas Senate and House of Representatives, lobbyists use their powers of persuasion to sway and…

The purpose of this paper is to answer the question of under what conditions legislators seek for higher office? Based on the results from the data collected, open seats is what influence state legislators to run for Congress. The results showed that term limited states are not really opening the door to minorities to run for office. Imposing term limits does not make a difference, as some scholars argued, that term limits were forcing legislators to run for Congress, the data in this paper does…

1912257 2017SP GOVT-2306-73011 Influence of Texas Interest Groups April 5, 2017 Interest Groups Influence Interest groups and lobbyists impact lawmaking by showing support to the legislators by investing money for them to use on their campaign and telling them that they will vote for them to get reelected if they vote the way they want them to. It also depends on the lobbyist if they are a big group and how much money they have for the legislator to actually listen to them. One of the top…