Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Participation in America
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 13, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780521630474
Subjects: Political structure & processes; Pressure groups & lobbying; Politics - Current Events; U.S. Lobbies And Interest Groups; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; United States; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - U.S. Government; Political Process - Elections; Political Process - General; Political Science / General; Pressure groups--United States; Lobbying; Political participation; Pressure groups
First sentence: In the summer of 1982, Senator Bob Dole, then chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Representative Dan Rostenkowski, then chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced legislation to withhold taxes on interest from bank accounts and dividends from securities.