Interest Groups and Domestic Policy

Lawmakers, lobbyists, and campaign money:

 

• Data on federal lobbying
• Lobbying and consulting
• Philanthropy as a way to buy support from other groups  and gain favor with lawmakers.
• Recognition and awards

Boehner and the bloodhounds (Malecha, p. 135):

The ad resembled a class 1984 ad for then-challenger Mitch McConnell: