“We Never Refer to Ourselves as a Lobby Group Because ‘Lobby Group’ Has a Different Connotation”: Voluntary Police Associations and the Framing of Their Interest Group Work

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Huey ◽  
Danielle Hryniewicz
Keyword(s):  
Interest Group ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Lobby Group

scholarly journals Fundraising for Favors? Linking Lobbyist-Hosted Fundraisers to Legislative Benefits

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 869-880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Melissa McKay
Keyword(s):  
Interest Group ◽  
Campaign Contributions ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Compelling Evidence ◽  
Senate Committee ◽  
Home State ◽  
Legislative Amendments ◽  
Lobby Group

Do legislators and lobbyists trade favors? This study uses uncommon data sources and plagiarism software to detect a rarely observed relationship between interest group lobbyists and sitting Members of Congress. Comparison of letters to a Senate committee written by lobby groups to legislative amendments introduced by committee members reveals similar and even identical language, providing compelling evidence that groups persuaded legislators to introduce amendments valued by the group. Moreover, the analysis suggests that these language matches are more likely when the requesting lobby group hosts a fundraising event for the senator. The results hold while controlling for ideological agreement between the senator and the group, the group’s campaign contributions to the senator, and the group’s lobbying expenditures, annual revenue, and home-state connections.

Special Interest Group 13 (Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders)

ASHA Leader ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Suiter ◽  
Laurie Sterling ◽  
Lynne Brady Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Interest Group ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Swallowing Disorders ◽  
Special Interest Group ◽  
Group 13
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