Why Are Clientele Agencies Subject to Intense Outside Lobbying

question 93

Multiple Choice

Why are clientele agencies subject to intense outside lobbying?

• A)Interest groups want to influence the officials who regulate the policies to which the interest groups specifically cater.
• B)There is less regulation of these agencies.
• C)Other agencies do not regulate sectors around which interest groups form.
• D)Lobbyists feel they can have greater influence over these agencies, as they are generally seen as weak entities.
• E)Clientele agencies are actually not subject to much lobbying whatsoever.

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