Lobbying

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…

AIPAC was better-funded, and traditionally better-connected amongst America’s foreign policy elite, the pro-JCPOA forces were capable of depending on both traditional counter-lobbying as well as mass-level civil societal mobilization that appears to have made a concrete difference in terms of mitigating AIPAC’s otherwise tremendous influence. With these realities in mind, the interviews conducted above point to a context in which pro-JCPOA forces were effective in terms of directly lobbying the…

PART B Question 2 In Canada, Lobbying is legal as it is essential for the open government the government promotes and it is also part of democratic ideologies. The federal Lobbying Act defines as when a person is paid to communicate with a public office holder in matters concerning policy or set up a meeting between a public officer and another party. Access to open government is important in Canada as it allows citizens to participate in the government. However, lobbyists can use their…

1. Please discuss three reasons why the Lobbying Profession is an honorable and necessary one and three reasons why it is a destructive influence on democracy and our system of governing. Lobbying is a controversial topic. However, there are many reasons the profession is necessary. Most Americans do not have the time and resources to lobby for the issues they care about most. They cannot travel to Washington, D.C. or their state capitol to lobby legislatures and political leaders. Instead,…

Amy Melissa McKay’s article, “The Power of Negative Lobbying,” discusses the inherent advantages negative lobbyists have in striking down new movements compared to proponents of promoting new legislation. This distinction emanates despite the typically large funding gap between the two groups. McKay calculates a ratio of about four lobbyists proposing new legislation being needed to counteract just one negative lobbyist. Some political scientists have asserted that the amount of conflict rising…

One of the first American lobbyists was William Hull, who in was hired by veterans in1792 to lobby for additional compensation. Since, the lobbying has boomed into an industry and numerous interest groups have hired people to lobby on their behalf. This have gone viral since its inception and now we have thousands of lobbyists and spend billions of dollars a year. Is it effective? Effectiveness of lobbyists is situation dependent and it is rather difficult to assess. There are multiple…

It is a modern version of state corporatism, which emerged in the late 19th century in authoritarian systems and had several manifestations in the first half of the 20th century. In this system, society is seen as a corporate—that is, united and hierarchical—body in which the government dominates and all sectors of society (e.g., business, the military, and labour) are required to work for the public interest as defined by the government. Lobbying Strategies and Tactics Lobbying involves…

their cause is welcomed to join a group. They operate at all levels of the government and use a variety of strategies to steer policies in ways beneficial to their interests. Three methods used to influence the government are lobbying, demonstrations, and providing election support. Interest groups target both minor and major issues, spreading awareness and helping bridge the gap between citizens and the government. When it is time for us to elect a new candidate to represent us, we logically…

as ACCC regulatory powers under Part XIC of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) may threaten Telstra’s growing 63% regional market share lead (AFR 2014). Under the public interest theory (Pigou 1932), regulatory interventions underpinned by society's best interests can be justified as correcting market failure since Telstra operates largely as a natural monopoly (Levine and Forrence 1990, p. 168). The rectification of these inefficiencies through ‘public utility regulation’ (Posner 1969,…

list of Texas’s biggest lobby spenders will you find a single group dedicated to interests of consumers, the environment or human services and citizen interest repeatedly get stream-rolled in Austin” (182). Categories of economic interest groups include those representing business, labor, professional and agricultural interests. Business groups are the most common type of interest group; more than half of all registered lobbyists work for business organizations. Some business lobbyists work for…