Interest Groups And Lobby Groups
Through inside lobbying, interest groups seek to influence all three branches of government legislative, executive, and judicial by targeting their officials. The most vulnerable of them being the legislative branch. I find that the relationship between Congress members and lobbyists is much more symbiotic in nature. At times mutually beneficial, as lobbyists provide information to Congress members needed to make more informed decisions on a particular issue or bill. However, in order for the relationship to work and be positive, there has to be a lot of trust and common ground. Lobbyists may take advantage, be too forward or provide wrong information to a Congress member in order to benefit their own interest over the public. Lastly, with