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.
Continental Congress, 1774â1781. The Continental Congress was the governing body by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution. The Congress balanced the interests of the different colonies and also established itself as the official colonial liaison to Great Britain.