Can you explain this differently so i can answer it ?
Interest groups often use lobbying to influence members of Congress.
Explanation:
Interests groups often employ lobbying as a tactic to influence decisions of the executive or the legislature or the judiciary to make sure that the policies being made and the laws that are being passed are in their favor either strategically or economically.
Lobbying groups like big pharmaceuticals often have great influence on how laws are made and which things are outlawed or not as many people in the government also have vested interests in these groups.
Answer: See explanation
Explanation:
With regards to the question, Howell has committed fraud. In this case, this can be regarded as a mail or wire fraud which is when one uses telephone or mail to defraud someone else.
In this case, Howell may be charged for the unauthorized use of the telephone for his personal use as he made a long-distance telephone calls through the telephone company’s computer- controlled switching system to solicit funding for a nonexistent business enterprise. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act helps address this type of fraud.