What Function Do Interest Groups and Think Tanks Serve in the Policymaking

question 41

Multiple Choice

What function do interest groups and think tanks serve in the policymaking process?

• A) They lobby the president to pressure him into signing a bill into law at the adoption stage of the policymaking process.
• B) They bring attention to issues and policies to solve those issues for Congress to consider as part of the recognition stage.
• C) They provide Congress with research to demonstrate that those policies are effective in practice as part of the implementation stage.
• D) They give members of Congress money to give priority to certain issues and policies as part of the formulation stage.

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