Interest Groups In Congress

Congressional members can be controlled by the party by chamber leadership not appointing members to committees that have greater influence. They may also not allow bills to the floor for a vote thus making that member ineffective and could lead to losing their next election. The party could also push for another candidate in the next primary election which would oust an uncooperative member (Hershey, 2015).
Campaigns depend on interest groups as well. Interest groups have greatly increased in the last few decades and do have great influence over policy making. The increase in interest groups continues to grow thus will increase competition among those groups. These groups do work together on achieving changes. These joining of groups is known as a coalition. Not all interest groups will work together for a common purpose. An extreme interest group tend to not work with groups they define as the opposition while moderate interest groups will work with others to get policy changed. There are many coalitions that work with members of Congress and at times, a Congressional member may act as a proxy among different groups (Holyoke, 2005).
Interest groups have become a concern for many Americans and their influence in Congress. The main concern are Interest groups associated with large business or

Some may form 527 or 501c advocacy group which helps put more soft money in campaigns. Soft money allows for unlimited funds allows for party building which in turn the party will give to a campaign. The 501(c) (4) group allows for the collection of funds and, there is no requirement to disclose where those funds came from like in other forms of fundraising. The Federal Election Commission over sees many of these groups except it does not for the 501, the IRS handles that job (Hershey,