Interest Group Movement

Interest group is an organized group of people who have common interest and work together to promote and protect their interest by influencing public opinion and political process. Interest groups plays significant role in politics. Interest group has a profound influence over the government in the history of United States. The interest groups various in their size and can use have altered tactics to promote their interest. All interest groups share a desire in form of action such as protest marches, sit-ins, picketing, and violence, which affect the government policy to benefit themselves. To achieve their goals the groups often lobby at various levels of the government to have their agenda protected. Interest groups also try to bring pressure
The United States was in the midst of a deep recession, and many of the nation’s manufacturers saw a strong need to export their products in other countries. One of the NAM’s earliest efforts was to call for the creation of the U.S. Department of Commerce. In thirteen year of period, the organization spent about fifteen million dollars to inform the public about the vital role of manufacturing plays in the US economy. Throughout its history, the NAM has been one of the nation’s most influential advocates for manufacturing. The NAM has proudly stood with manufacturers and their employees in times of war and peace and in periods of economic strength and uncertainty (History of the
I chose NRA and NAM, because these both group are the oldest and the largest groups in the United States. There are many facts about both groups, which play important role in today’s society. In the past few decades this groups became so much powerful because of the overwhelming support of the rich and educated people. The gun law or second amendment is the trending topic in past few year because of the depressing events like mass shooting, murder, and robbery. They have a significant impact on the political decisions. Thus, I selected the NRA and NAM interest