US Pressure Groups

Question 1

How many members did the American bar association have when

Answer 1

400k in 2024

Question 2

Who is the only judge with a rating of qualified, not well qualified

Answer 2

Clarence Thomas

Question 3

What bill was the American medical association involved in? What did they do and why

Answer 3

Affordable care act - fear of govt lowering pay so influenced final form of bill

Question 4

What bill was the AARP involved in

Answer 4

2003 Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernisation act

Question 5

As lf when, how much is the lobbying industry worth

Answer 5

$3.5 billion, 2019

Question 6

How many professionals are in the lobbying industry

Answer 6

12,000

Question 7

The average politician spends how much time fundraising?

Answer 7

60%

Question 8

In 2017, how many bills resolutions and amendments were taken on by congress

Answer 8

12,170

Question 9

Who represents small bisnesses - how many are the in the US

Answer 9

US chamber of commerce - over 3 million

Question 10

What % of money for lobbying comes from corporations

Answer 10

95%

Question 11

When a politician is reflected, how much does the lobbying firms value increase

Answer 11

0.05% - suggests maybe not that much influence

Question 12

From data from how many records, for every how much spent lobbying, how much comes back from the govt

Answer 12

14 million, $1, $760

Question 13

What is the hard money cap for how much can be donated to PACs/ Super PACs

Answer 13

$5k

Question 14

As of may 2024, how much has which maga spender given to Maga incorporated

Answer 14

Diane Hendricks, $10m

Question 15

What did Biden do when to do with guns

Answer 15

2022, exec order to ban ghost guns (untraceable, made from a kit)

Question 16

How much did the NRA spend in the 2020 election cycle

Answer 16

$28.6million

Question 17

What is a report card

Answer 17

Annual rank of how well congress congress has supported a cause/issue

Question 18

What is the dirty dozen list

Answer 18

12 best for the environment members of congress according to the league of conservation

Question 19

What demonstration opposed ACB for the SC

Answer 19

Women’s March

Question 20

For how long has trump been a key speaker at the NRA

Answer 20

7/8 years

Question 21

Which female politician was shot - how many wounds/bullets

Answer 21

Gabrielle Giffords - 33 wounds/bullets

Question 22

Give two examples of anti gun pressure groups

Answer 22

Sandy hook promise and the Brady centre

Question 23

What did Clinton pass and when to do what with guns - what happened to this

Answer 23

1992, Brady bill, background checks on gun sales, removed by bush

Question 24

What’s a good tactic the nra uses

Answer 24

Clear instructions for voters, e.g write a letter to your representative

Question 25

When was the sandyhook shooting? How many children and how many adults died

Answer 25

2012, 20, 6

Question 26

Give an example of a lobbyist for gun control advocation

Answer 26

Matthew Bennett

Question 27

What are interest groups sometimes referred to as

Answer 27

The 4th branch of govt

Question 28

How many interest groups are registered in Washington alone

Answer 28

Estimated 20k

Question 29

How many members does the American civil liberties union have

Answer 29

4 million +

Question 30

How many in the US have no healthcare? How many bankruptcies are caused by med debt

Answer 30

54million, 1 in 3

Question 31

As of mid September in the 2024 election cycle, what happened to AIPAC endorsed candidates

Answer 31

Won in every district where an endorsee was on the ballot

Question 32

After the sandyhook school shooting, the nras spending greatly increased to what

Answer 32

$15.3 million

Question 33

In 2017/18 what were the total contributions to us politics from single issue interest groups

Answer 33

$336 million

Question 34

Who was assumed to win in 2016? Therefore, how much did the nra give Hilary compared to trump

Answer 34

Hilary, $45 million, trump got $4.9

Question 35

When did lobbying gun rights groups hit a spending record, outspending gun control by what

Answer 35

2021, x5

Question 36

What’s controversial about AIPACS support

Answer 36

It often goes to election deniers and extreme posts / crazy right wing nut jobs as they place support for Israel above all other factors

Question 37

How many people a year are killed with guns

Answer 37

30-40k

Question 38

What is the nras quote

Answer 38

The only things that can stop a good guy with a gun is a bad guy with a gun