Fortune Magazine "Power 25 Survey for
2001"
The Top 25 Interest Groups
October 2, 2002
Fortune Magazine
periodically produces a list of the most influential interest groups in
Washington, D.C. This is called the Fortune Power 25 Survey.
The top 25 interest groups on its Survey for 2001 is listed below .
You can find that WEB page at: http://www.fortune.com/lists/power25/index.html
1. National Rifle Association
2. American Association of Retired People (AARP)
3. National Federation of Independent Business
4. American Israel Foreign Affairs Committee
5. Association of Trial Lawyers of America
6. AFL-CIO
7. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
8. National Beer Wholesalers of America
9. National Association of Realtors
10. National Association of Manufacturers
11. National Association of Homebuilders of the United States
12. American Medical Association
13. American Hospital Association
14. National Education Association of the United States
15. American Farm Bureau Federation
16. Motion Picture Association of America
17. National Association of Broadcasters
18. National Right to Life Committee
19. Health Insurance Association of America
20. National Restaurant Association
21. National Governors' Association
22. Recording Industry Association of America
23. American Bankers Association
24. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
25. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Researching
Interest Groups
In
researching an interest group, you would
want to tell me about the organization you picked.
Why did you pick it? What interests does it represent? Many
interest groups are trade associations.
They represent an entire group (or groups) of businesses, many of which are very
powerful corporations by themselves. For example,
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), at their WEB
site http://www.mpaa.org/home.htm
, tells
you the following: ?/span>The
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and its international counterpart,
the Motion Picture Association (MPA) serve as the voice and advocate of the
American motion picture, home video and television industries, domestically
through the MPAA and internationally through the MPA. ?span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
(http://www.mpaa.org/about/)
The MPAA has many members.
They only list a few, but as you can see by the list, these are huge
corporations.
?/span>These members
include:
Walt Disney Company;
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.;
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.;
Paramount Pictures Corporation;
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.;
Universal Studios, Inc.; and
Warner Bros. "
On the 2001 Fortune
Magazine Power 25 Survey, they are listed as Number 16 in the amount of money
(read dollars, $$$) they spend on Congress to lobby for their interests.
Each of the Power 25 organizations is an interest group, which lobbies.
Most interest groups that
lobby have set up Political Action Committees (PACs).
Model Outline
Title: Name of
the Organization
Statement of Purpose:
Two or three sentences about the main theme or purpose of your paper.
I: General Information
1.
Name of Organization
2. When Founded
3. Purpose of Organization
4. Membership
a. who are members (individuals
or other organizations or both?)
b. how many members
c. what are the membership dues
per year
5. Organizational Structure
a. Local and State Chapters
b. Annual Meeting
c. Executive Committee
d. Officers
i.
President
ii.
Secretary-Treasurer
e. Paid Staff or Secretariat
i.
General Secretary
ii. how
many staff members
f. Headquarters
6. Budget of the Organization
II: Issues
1.
Current Issues of Concern Before Congress
2. Recent Legislative Victories
3. Recent Legislative Defeats
III: Lobbying and
Money
1.
Name of Your Organization's Political Action Committee
2. How much Money Do they Raise and How
3. Who gets their Campaign Contributions?
a. Money given to Republicans
b. Money given to Democrats
c. What Standing Committees of
Congress are those who get money on?
4. Who is their chief lobbyist?
5. Evaluation of their Lobbying activities
IV: Conclusion
Bibliography: Do at
least 5 entries using the Turabian format.