Question 1

Who is the President of the Texas Association of Business (TAB)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cathie Adams 
B)  Gary Bledsoe 
C)  Bill Hammond 
D)  Bill Ceverha 
A)  Cathie Adams 
B)  Gary Bledsoe 
C)  Bill Hammond 
D)  Bill Ceverha C

Question 2

What effect is the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case likely to have on corporate campaign spending?

Accepted Answer

A)  decrease it 
B)  increase it 
C)  force it early in the campaign 
D)  force it late in the campaign 
A)  decrease it 
B)  increase it 
C)  force it early in the campaign 
D)  force it late in the campaign B

Question 3

Where did most of the top lobbyists in the 2009 legislative session learn their craft?

Accepted Answer

A)  the legislature 
B)  the corporate world 
C)  law school 
D)  reform school 
A)  the legislature 
B)  the corporate world 
C)  law school 
D)  reform school A

Question 4

What is the budget of the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC)?

Accepted Answer

A)  $2 million 
B)  $10 million 
C)  $30 million 
D)  $50 million 
A)  $2 million 
B)  $10 million 
C)  $30 million 
D)  $50 million

Question 5

Which of the following is not a left-leaning public interest group?

Accepted Answer

A)  Center for Public Policy Priorities 
B)  Texans for Public Justice 
C)  Texas Public Policy Foundation 
D)  Common Cause 
A)  Center for Public Policy Priorities 
B)  Texans for Public Justice 
C)  Texas Public Policy Foundation 
D)  Common Cause

Who is the President of the Texas Association of Business (TAB)?

What effect is the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case likely to have on corporate campaign spending?

Where did most of the top lobbyists in the 2009 legislative session learn their craft?

What is the budget of the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC)?

Which of the following is not a left-leaning public interest group?

Texas and the Texans: Then and Now, the Texas Constitution and American Federalism

Political Participation in Texas: Voters, Campaigns, and Elections

Political Parties in Texas

The Texas Legislature

The Governor and the Executive Branch

The Judicial System in Texas, Local Government in Texas

Budgets and Public Policy

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Exam 3: Interest Groups in Texas

Who is the President of the Texas Association of Business (TAB)?

What effect is the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case likely to have on corporate campaign spending?

Where did most of the top lobbyists in the 2009 legislative session learn their craft?

What is the budget of the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC)?

Which of the following is not a left-leaning public interest group?

Texas and the Texans: Then and Now, the Texas Constitution and American Federalism

Political Participation in Texas: Voters, Campaigns, and Elections

Political Parties in Texas

The Texas Legislature

The Governor and the Executive Branch

The Judicial System in Texas, Local Government in Texas

Budgets and Public Policy

Filters