The federal agency which regulates PACs is the
a. Federal Communications Commission.
b. Federal Elections Board.
c. Federal Elections Commission.
d. Federal Securities Commission.
e. Federal Oversight Commission.
Question -2-Political scientist David Truman argued that interest groups have a stabilizing effect upon the American political system because
a. Americans do not have overlapping group memberships.
b. groups compete and therefore check each other.
c. groups do not compete for political influence.
d. Americans rarely join groups to advocate for them.
e. they replace participation by citizens.
Question -3-The most a PAC can donate to any single campaign is
a. 6,000.
b. 10,000.
c. 1,000.
d. 5,000.
e. 500.
Question -4-The iron triangle is a relationship among
a. the media, congressional candidates, and voters.
b. congressional elites, lobbyists, and bureaucrats.
c. the media, congressional committees, and voters.
d. federal agencies, the media, and interest groups.
e. citizen elites from various interest groups.
Question -5-The 1978 Ethics in Government Act
a. was not applied to interest groups.
b. was declared illegal by the Supreme Court.
c. was totally ignored by interest groups.
d. had some effect on lobbying activity.
e. disallowed personal contact between lobbyists and politicians.
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