Why baseball cards arenât worth what they used to be. At a baseball card show at Hofstra University on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, dealers and customers talked about how the business has transitioned from brick and mortar stores to the Internet over the last 30 years.
A lobbyist is an activist who seeks to persuade members of the government (like members of Congress) to enact legislation that would benefit their group. The lobbying profession is a legitimate and integral part of our democratic political process that is not very well understood by the general population.
The S. Court restricted the application of the law to those lobbyiest who seek to influence federal legislation directly 2. required that only those who intended to influence legislation need register 3. did not cover lobbying directed at agencies in the exec branch or lobbyists who testified before congressional committees 4. public was almost totally unaware of the info in the quarterly reports, and Congress created no agency to oversee interest group activities