Interest Groups, Decisionmaking, and Congress

The Politics of Ideology and Identity

Women in Congress
Revisit an item from the first class -- RSC and Freedom Caucus

The Shutdown

A segue: foreign lobbying

• The Ukraine Crisis
• Putin's paid agents
• FARA database:  an example

Lawmakers, lobbyists, and campaign money:

• Data on federal lobbying
• The revolving door and the law that backfired

• The "Daschle Loophole" -- his ill-fated HHS nomination
• A graphic
• Deregistration
• Soft lobbying 
• Think tanks
• Consultants
• Recognition and awards
• Philanthropy
• Politicians' charities (see the rule, pp. 347-349)
• Rent-a-friend as deep lobbying
• Lobbyist cites letter that he ghost-wrote!
• A summary