Evaluate the view that interest groups are more powerful than political parties
Resources
NRA annual budget = $200m vs Dem/Rep $1bn
AARP = 38m members – annual membership of over $1bn
PP donors
Kenneth Griffin - $72m (2022)
George Soros - $180m (2022)
PGs shape legislation
Citigroup 70/85 for bank bailout
Chemical industry 2015 over Obama’s chemical wastewater – Patton Boggs - $1.5m in one day
PPs are the ones which make legislation
Dems – PPACA; American Rescue Plan; Inflation Reduction Act
Reps – Tax Cuts + Jobs Act; CARES Act
PPs divided
Some Reps voted for Infrastructure Investment + Jobs Act
Sanders opposed TPP
Reps over CARES Act
Reps over Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
PGs cancel each other out
Gun control: NRA v Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Healthcare: AMA v PhRMA
Abortion: National Right to Life Committee v Planned Parenthood
Resources
NRA annual budget = $200m vs Dem/Rep $1bn
AARP = 38m members – annual membership of over $1bn
PP donors
Kenneth Griffin - $72m (2022)
George Soros - $180m (2022)
PGs shape legislation
Citigroup 70/85 for bank bailout
Chemical industry 2015 over Obama’s chemical wastewater – Patton Boggs - $1.5m in one day
PPs are the ones which make legislation
Dems – PPACA; American Rescue Plan; Inflation Reduction Act
Reps – Tax Cuts + Jobs Act; CARES Act
PPs divided
Some Reps voted for Infrastructure Investment + Jobs Act
Sanders opposed TPP
Reps over CARES Act
Reps over Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
PGs cancel each other out
Gun control: NRA v Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Healthcare: AMA v PhRMA
Abortion: National Right to Life Committee v Planned Parenthood
