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INTEREST GROUPS. Fortune’s “Power 25” The 10 Most Effective Interest Groups RankOrganizationWebsite 1National Rifle Associationwww.nra.org 2AARPwww.aarp.org.

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1 INTEREST GROUPS

2 Fortune’s “Power 25” The 10 Most Effective Interest Groups RankOrganizationWebsite 1National Rifle Associationwww.nra.org 2AARPwww.aarp.org 3National Federation of Independent Businesswww.nfibonline.com 4American Israel Public Affairs Committeewww.alpac.org 5Association of Trial Lawyers of Americawww.atla.org 6American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) www.aflcio.org 7Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.www.uschamber.org 8National Beer Wholesalers Associationwww.nwba.org 9National Association of Realtorswww.realtor.com 10National Association of Manufacturerswww.nam.org Fortune, May 2005 2Copyright 2011 Cengage Learning

3 Other Important Interest Groups American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) American Legion American Library Association Handgun Control, Inc. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) National Audubon Society National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Organization for Women (NOW) National Urban League Sierra Club Veterans of Foreign Wars World Wildlife Fund 3Copyright 2011 Cengage Learning

4 Figure 10.5 Interest Group Participants 4

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9 Figure 10.3 Friendship is a Wonderful Thing 9

10 Figure 10.4 The Tactics of Advocacy 10

11 REVOLVING DOOR

12 Decline in Union Membership 12Copyright 2011 Cengage Learning

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