- Use a search engine to find the website of a U.S. interest group.
- Spend a few minutes exploring and reading about what this group
believes, what it wants to happen in Washington, and how it seeks to
influence politicians.
- Make a note of the group’s name and website information.
- Distinguish three beliefs of the group and a specific policy or action that the group desires.
- Analyze which U.S. party or Congressperson that this group should have or has lobbied most effectively.
- Now visit https://www.congress.gov/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
- Find a current piece of legislation that relates to a cause of your selected interest group.
- Make note of the title of the legislation (include its origination
or appropriate numbers), its key sponsors and their party affiliations,
and its current status within Congress.
- Complete the assessment.
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