Question

How do interest groups and lobbyists influence legislation?

Answer 1

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Professional lobbyists are people whose business is trying to influence legislation, regulation, or other government decisions, actions, or policies on behalf of a group or individual who hires them. Lobbying is at the core of the governmental process and protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution: “Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances." Lobbying is an important lever for a productive government. Without it, governments would struggle to sort out the many, many competing interests of its citizens. Fortunately, lobbying provides access to government legislators, acts as an educational tool, and allows individual interests to gain power in numbers.

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Answer 2

Lobbyist work to influence legislation to benefit a group or business. They present legislators with research, case studies, testimonials, and other information to support the case and causes benefiting the organization that hired them, with the ultimate goal of persuading these legislators to vote in their favor.