US pressure groups P2
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- Created on: 11-01-17 10:24
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- US pressure groups P2
- Attempts to regulate
- Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act 1946 - lobbyists have to register at HoR and Senate - largely ignored
- 'Watergate' and 'Abscam' scandals re-ignited debate
- Honest Leadership an Open Government Act 2007 - closed revolving door - prohibits 'gifts' from lobbyists - full disclosure of lobbying activity - pensions declined for members of congress involved in bribery
- Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act 1946 - lobbyists have to register at HoR and Senate - largely ignored
- Impacts
- Impacts on issues
- Environmental protection - Sierra Club/Wilderness Society/National Wildlife Federation
- Women's rights - Equal pay + opportunities - sexual harassment - women elected to Congress (19.4% 2015/11% 1995)
- Abortion Rights - Roe v Wade, 1973 - pro-life and pro-choice groups lobby Senate for appointment of Supreme Court Judges
- Gun control - NRA- most powerful pressure group in America? - anti gun groups too - reaction to Paris
- Economic inequality - Occupy Wall Street ('We are the 99%' - started promising but failed to do anything
- Impacts on Government
- Congress - seek to influence how members vote - direct contact/ contact committees/ lobbyists/ publicise voting records
- Executive - Maintain close relationships with regulatory departments e.g. Environment Protection Agency
- Judiciary - seek to influence nomination/approval of Supreme Court Judges (nominated for life/make constitutional decisions - amicus curiae briefs - taking cases to the courts
- Impacts on issues
- Attempts to regulate
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