Key Terms

administrative rule-making

corporate/employee lobbyist

direct lobbying

For-hire/contract/professional lobbyist

grassroots lobbying

hybrid PAC

indirect lobbying

leadership PAC

lobbying

political action committee (PAC)

revolving door

rulemaking

super PAC

12.1 Based only on the de Figueiredo reading assignment,  provide a list of a total of 9 items each with a full sentence. Number each item separately 1 to 9. Above items 1-3 type the subheading "Lobbying in General" and then provide appropriate items.  Above items 4-6 type the subheading "Effectiveness of Lobbying" and then provide appropriate items. Above items 7-9 type the subheading "Lobbying Data & Research Methods" and then provide appropriate items. Be especially careful about using your own words in this activity because you may be tempted to take sentences from the article and just change one or two words. That doesn't show your understanding and learning; it also will result in a high SafeAssign score. High SafeAssign scores, on this activity especially, will impact your grade negatively. More importantly using your own promotes/encourages real learning. NOTE: Do not be concerned with the mathematical formulas in this reading; you can understand the article while skipping the sentences with the algebra.

12.2 Based on Internet research which you do, determine the major firms in New Jersey which specialize in lobbying in Trenton. Provide the names of those firms and their address(es). Then, describe their spending on lobbying (including their clients, expenditures and issues about which they were concerned). Include in your answer all your sources. One source you can use is the New Jersey State's ELEC webpage.

12.3 Select one corporation OR one business association (not a firm that does lobbying for hire such as those activity 12.2 focused upon) located in New Jersey and gather data about its total expenditures on lobbying activities in each of the last five years within New Jersey. Present your findings in a table or chart. Demonstrate whether the lobbying activities (measures by expenditures) has increased or decreased.  Then describe some of the specific issues about which the corporation/association was lobbying. Provide all your sources in your response in MLA format.

about one page each [3 pages total]

12.1  [1 page]

12.2   [1 page]

12.3   [1 page]

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