USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Lobbying: Any attempt to influence “legislation” on Duke’s behalf through “direct lobbying” or “grassroots lobbying.” Specific legislation: Legislation that has already been introduced in a legislative body as well as a specific legislative proposal that may not have been introduced.

Detailed explanation-2: -Professional lobbyists are people whose business is trying to influence legislation, regulation, or other government decisions, actions, or policies on behalf of a group or individual who hires them. Individuals and nonprofit organizations can also lobby as an act of volunteering or as a small part of their normal job.

Detailed explanation-3: -A lobby is a group of people who band together and try to influence people in public office and politicians. The term may also allude to the action of exerting influence on public officials.

Detailed explanation-4: -lobbying, any attempt by individuals or private interest groups to influence the decisions of government; in its original meaning it referred to efforts to influence the votes of legislators, generally in the lobby outside the legislative chamber. Lobbying in some form is inevitable in any political system.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lobbying Forms. Lobbying takes a wide variety of forms, depending on what kinds of issues organized interests work for and whom they try to influence. Berry (1977) grouped various forms of lobbying into three general categories: direct lobbying, grassroots lobbying, and electoral lobbying.