In Recent Decades,lobbyists in Washington,D.C.have Increasingly

question 1

Multiple Choice

In recent decades,lobbyists in Washington,D.C.have increasingly

• A) targeted the executive branch in their efforts to influence policy decisions.
• B) relied on coercive tactics, such as threats of withdrawing election support.
• C) worked to defeat incumbent members of Congress in order to replace them with members who would be more supportive.
• D) relied exclusively on inside lobbying as the means of gaining their policy goals.
• E) ignored the judicial branch as a means of influencing policy decisions.

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