Special Interest Group Activity
Chapter 10. Special Interest Groups.
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In 2001, Fortune Magazine did a poll of Washington power players and came up with a list of the 25 most powerful Interest Groups. It can be found here:
Use this list for choice A and questions 1, 2, and 3.
1. National Rifle Association
2. American Association of Retired People (AARP)
3. National Federation of Independent Business
4. American Israel Foreign Affairs Committee
5. Association of Trial Lawyers of America
6. AFL-CIO
7. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
8. National Beer Wholesalers of America
9. National Association of Realtors
10. National Association of Manufacturers
11. National Association of Homebuilders of the United States
12. American Medical Association
13. American Hospital Association
14. National Education Association of the United States
15. American Farm Bureau Federation
16. Motion Picture Association of America
17. National Association of Broadcasters
18. National Right to Life Committee
19. Health Insurance Association of America
20. National Restaurant Association
21. National Governors' Association
22. Recording Industry Association of America
23. American Bankers Association
24. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
25. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Side note: The Top 50 Spending Interest Groups (2016) are here. More money doesn't necessarily mean more power.
Think of how many people are fiery about Guns. They don't need to donate much money.
Use this second link for questions 4, 5, 9 and 10:
Now, select any interest group of your choice. Be creative. Find something you believe in or something you can't believe actually has an interest group. There are lists of Interest Groups here, but you can use google if you want to:
http://votesmart.org/interest-groups/NA/#.VDW_3vldV8G
Use this second interest group list to decide on Choice B and questions 6, 7, and 8.
For question 11 you'll have to do some detective work.
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