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Faction |
Refers to political parties and special interests or interest groups
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Movement |
large body of people interested in a common issue, idea, or concern that is of continuing significance and who are willing to take action
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Collective Action |
how groups form and organize to pursue their goals or objectives, including how to get individuals and groups to participate and to cooperate.
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Lobbyist |
Person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches
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Political Action Committee |
The political arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to raise funds on a voluntary basis from members, stockholders, or employees to contribute funds to candidates or political parties.
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Quid Pro Quo |
Something given with the expectation of receiving something in return
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527 Organization |
A political group organized under section 527 of the IRS code that may accept and spend unlimited amounts of money on election activities so long as they are not spent on broadcast ads run in the last 30 days before a primary or 60 days before a general election in which clearly identified candidate is referred to and a relevant electorate is targeted. |
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Think Tank |
a body of experts providing advice and ideas on specific political or economic problems. |
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Outsider Strategy |
Aimed at changing public opinion strategy involves media advertising designed to educate the public through letters, phone calls and fax campaigns designed to impress public officials. |
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Pluralism |
A theory of government that holds that open, multiple, and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.
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Free Rider |
An individual who does not join a group representing his or her interest yet receives the benefit of the groups influence |
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Federal Registration |
a daily publication of the US federal government that issues proposed and final administrative regulations of federal agencies. |
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Lobbying |
Engaging in activities aimed at influencing the public officials, especially legislators, and the policies they enact.
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Bundling |
the practice of one donor gathering donations from many different individuals in an organization or community and presenting the sum to a campaign. |
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Independent Expenditures |
The supreme court has ruled that individuals, groups, and parties can spend unlimited amounts in campaigns for or against candidates as long as they operate independently from the candidates.
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K Street |
location of the offices of nearly seven thousand organizations that are represented in Washington |
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Political Cue |
A signal telling a legislator what values are at stake in a vote, and how that issue fits into his or her own political views on party agenda. |
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Interest Group |
An organization of people sharing a common interest or goal that seeks to influence. |
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Nongovernental Organization |
an organization that is neither a part of a government nor a conventional for-profit business. Usually set up by ordinary citizens, NGOs may be funded by governments, foundations, businesses, or private persons. |
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Amicus Curiae Brief |
"friend of the court". Filed by an individual or organization to present arguments in addition to those presented by the immediate parties to a case |
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Revolving Door |
Employment cycle in which individuals who work for governmental agencies that regulate interest eventually end up working for interest groups or businesses with the same policy concern
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Soft Money |
funds obtained by political parties that are spent on party activities, such as get-out-the-vote drives, but not on behalf of a specific candidate. |
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Issue Advocacy |
public education appeals run by interest groups or political parties that promote a set of ideas, but do not expressly oppose or support the election of specific candidates |
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Incentive |
Something of value one cannot get without joining an organization. |
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Insider Strategy |
strategy of lobbyists that work closely with a few key members of Congress, meeting them privately to exchange information and favors
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