How Do Interest Groups Influence The Government

There should be tougher restrictions, and more strict oversight on interest groups. Interest groups use lobbyists, who use a lot of money, and favors improperly to influence legislators, and their staffs. They should be restricted, or prevented from using money improperly. They use money for transportation, lodging, food, entertainment, gifts, awards, and political charities to influence legislators. Tougher restrictions are needed to prevent Interest groups from controlling the political process, laws, and to ensure ethical behavior on the part of lawmakers, and government officials. Only interest groups through the lobbyists have access to influence the legislators, and government officials, which have made many people to believe that government, politicians, lawmakers are motivated chiefly by selfish concerns. This usually lead to distrust.
Restrictions are needed to maintain democratic process, which will make sure the government is in compliance with the law. There should be public disclosure of whom lobbyists represent. “State laws requires disclosure, but with loopholes that almost always protect officeholders and their employees from accountability and transparency.” Interest groups use lobbyists who spend a lot of money on legislators, senators,

representatives, state officers, and executive agency employees. They have direct access to them, and they influence their decisions. There are very rigid limitations on how much money the public can contribute to campaigns hence very little individual ability to influence decision-making in this way.
The government should place more rigid limitations, and more oversight on the interest groups, who have access to greater funds, in an ability to allow all of our voices to count equally.

“Texas law prevent them from taking money during a session from the people who elected them, but we allow them to take benefits during a session from people who are paid to influence them.” Interest groups should be prevented from dominating the legislative process by establishing public finance control of the senate and the House of Representatives. Public disclosure of the money of congressional campaigns. This will make sure the interest groups do not dominate the legislative process, and everyone voice will count

equally.
The collective influence of the interest groups overrides individual citizen’s ability to influence politics. Due to their access to the legislators, and amount of money they spend on them, they override individual citizen’s ability to influence politics, due to their limited access to legislators, and the amount of money they contribute. Many citizens are not members, or beneficiaries of interest groups. No one speaks for them. They vote for elected leaders, bur the leaders pay more attention to interest group demands than to ordinary voters.
There are several interest groups, and they influence lawmaking. First, there is Economic groups. Their primary focus is business, and trade associations. Single-issue group, are devoted to one cause only. They are focused on a single issue, for example, seeking change on a single topic, piece of legislation, or government program. Ideological interest group support a set of core ideological, or political belief and ideals. Public interest groups basically pursue public interests that needs to be addressed, or pursued. Government interest groups, deals with the local, and state government issues to congress, and administration. They influence lawmakers in order to help state, and local governments to get federal grants. Labor Unions, provide laborers with collective bargaining power against the strength of businesses, and corporations. Religious interest groups, deal with religious issues, and standard moral values, for example, support for school prayers, oppose homosexual rights, and banning of abortion.