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  2. History of lobbying in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of lobbying in the United States is a chronicle of the rise of paid advocacy generally by special interests seeking favor in lawmaking bodies such as the United States Congress. Lobbying has usually been understood as activity by paid professionals to try to influence key legislators and executives, which is different from the right ...

  3. Lobbying - Wikipedia

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    Lobbying is a form of advocacy, which lawfully attempts to directly influence legislators or government officials, such as regulatory agencies or judiciary. [1] Lobbying involves direct, face-to-face contact and is carried out by various entities, including individuals acting as voters, constituents, or private citizens; corporations pursuing their business interests; nonprofits and NGOs ...

  4. Lobbying in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Political scientist Thomas R. Dye said that politics is about battling over scarce governmental resources: who gets them, where, when, why and how. [8] Since government makes the rules in a complex economy such as the United States, various organizations, businesses, individuals, nonprofits, trade groups, religions, charities and others—which are affected by these rules—will exert as much ...

  5. Advocacy group - Wikipedia

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    Some Lobby groups have considerable financial resources at their disposal. Lobbying is regulated to stop the worst abuses which can develop into corruption. In the United States the Internal Revenue Service makes a clear distinction between lobbying and advocacy. [18] Lobby groups spend considerable amounts of money on election advertising as well.

  6. David R. Mayhew - Wikipedia

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    David R. Mayhew (born May 18, 1937) is a political scientist and Sterling Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Yale University. [2] He is widely considered one of the leading scholars on the United States Congress, and the author of nine influential books on American politics, including Congress: The Electoral Connection. [3]

  7. Grassroots lobbying - Wikipedia

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    Grassroots lobbying (also indirect lobbying) is lobbying with the intention of reaching the legislature and making a difference in the decision-making process. Grassroots lobbying is an approach that separates itself from direct lobbying through the act of asking the general public to contact legislators and government officials concerning the issue at hand, as opposed to conveying the message ...

  8. What makes a lobbyist? - AOL

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  9. Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 - Wikipedia

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    [5] The rise of lobbying and lack of regulation raised a concern in the general public and specifically within Congress itself. This raised the concern about lobbying practices in a bipartisan manner, [6] which led to even further pressure to address the problem. All these factors contributed to applying pressure to the government to come up ...