Lobbying in the United States

1970s There was several crisis in the 1970s that contributed to the economic down fall of the United States in the 1970s. The capacity of the crisis was the energy; there was tremendous gas shortages. One of the other big crisis was the continuing of Vietnam War. The war cause production of goods to slow down in the United States and caused unemployment to soar over 6%. In addition, the United States became a consumer of goods and not a producer of goods. The 1970s was to the end of America’s…

McEachin and Congressman Robert J. Wittman to talk about the bill. We selected them because they both are representing our state. Congressman A. Donald McEachin is a Democrat member of the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia’s 4th district and is an also politician and lawyer. Congressman Robert J. Wittman is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia’s First Congressional District since 2007. We met a…

A Pledge Against Water Privatization The World Bank has predicted that by 2025, more than half of the population will start running out of drinking water. When such numbers are presented as cold facts to the population, non-action is becoming less and less an option. This gloomy prediction however, is not unanimously seen as bad news; in fact, this impending doom is seen as a valuable business opportunity for numerous multinational business who are trying to monetize the misery of water starving…

Notes Page Koch Brothers EXPOSED: 2014 (ft. Bernie Sanders) • FULL DOCUMENTARY FILM • BRAVE NEW FILMS. Dir. Brave New Films. 2015. 8 April 2016. . 1. Harry Reid “I don’t admire the Koch brother’s. I am not against people who make money that’s fine, but what they do with their money isn’t fine with me. Koch Brothers are bound and determined to do away with government.” 2. Koch brothers use their money to widen the gap of income equality 3. Father Fred Koch made all his money in oil with the…

led to the emergence of various movements and associations, each with their own objectives. A more recent tendency in Washington is growing corporate lobbying expenditures. Today, the biggest companies have upwards of 100 lobbyists representing them, allowing them to be everywhere, all the time. Of the 100 organizations that spend the most on lobbying, 95 consistently represent…

In the judicial system there is a growing trend of big business and lobbying groups, using their vast amount of money to sway particular elections. It is possible for a company to spend a couple of million dollars to ensure their judge is elected, and when the company’s case come to the Supreme Court for appeal the billion dollar verdict is overturned. Spending a few million now to save a billion later is a great return on investment. In John Grisham’s The Appeal, a chemical company has an…

Regardless of your political stance, healthcare is a service that all people should have access to, privately, or publicly. In the United States, millions of Native Americans on reservations are stifled from receiving the much needed dental care they deserve, and the consequences are damaging to their health and prosperity. Tribal sovereignty is the right of an independent authority to govern tribal members. In regards to dental care, this is the right to train, license, and employ…

“A penny for your thoughts…”: should one-cent currency stay in the United States? (“A Penny Saved is a Penny” K7469). Though lobbying against the penny has been occurring for years, legislation was formally presented to Congress fairly recently. Proposed in 2006, the COIN Act, which stands for “Currency Overhaul for an Industrious Nation,” would require sellers to round down to the nearest nickel for “sums ending in 1,2,6, or 7 cents” and up for “sums ending in 3,4,8, or 9 cents” (“Eliminating…

the government by fighting the rights of people. Also, the interest group has to be registered by the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946. I believe the federal government has enough control over lobbying. It is neat to have Citizens to spread their ideas to the government. But I also think that if the government can share their ideas to the public, then the United States would have a better relationship between the federal government and…

In the United States, the right to privacy is a legal argument used in cases involving public and private actions that are deemed a threat to the privacy of an individual. The origin of the right to privacy argument is often attributed to the U.S. constitution specifically the fourth amendment. According to the constitution scholar Peter Irons ( 2006) in addition to the fourth amendment, the first, third, fifth and ninth amendments included specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights that…