In which of the following ways can the rule making process be influenced by politicians and interest groups?

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Interest Groups in the Rule-Making Process: Who Participates? Whose Voices Get Heard?

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory: J-PART

Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr., 1998)

, pp. 245-270 (26 pages)

Published By: Oxford University Press

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1181558

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Abstract

This article addresses three questions about notice and comment rule making. The first considers who participates: Who submits comments to federal agencies during the notice and comment period? The second considers the extent to which the comments alter the content of the rules. The third is about evaluating agency rule making in the context of the iron triangle and issue network models of policy making. The article examines eleven rules selected randomly at the EPA, NHTSA, and HUD. Among the findings are: a dearth of citizen commenters, the predominance of participation by business interests, and the presence of issue networks, and the absence of any discernible bias in whose voices get heard. The article concludes by suggesting that agencies fail to hear from all affected parties but that they are nonetheless put in the precarious position of arbitrating among competing interests.

Journal Information

The Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory was established in the late 1980s to serve as a bridge between public administration and public management scholarship on the one hand, and public policy studies on the other. Its multidisciplinary aim is to embrace the organizational, administrative, and policy sciences as they apply to government and governance.

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How can politicians and interest groups influence the rulemaking process?

How can politicians and interest groups influence the rule-making process? Presidents can tell the bureaucracy how to interpret a law. The courts can change the way the bureaucracy interprets a congressional action. Congress can write a bill that gives the bureaucracy little discretion in how it is implemented.

What role do interest groups play in rulemaking?

In that example, a political interest group petitions the courts to address a grievance of the legislature and the elected executive with regard to the rulemaking powers of a public sector agency.

How do interest groups influence public policy quizlet?

Most interest groups try to influence government policy by making direct contact with lawmakers or other government leaders, lobbying.

What is Rule making in politics?

Rulemaking is the term used when a federal government agency creates, modifies, or deletes rules published in the Code of Federal Regulations (also known as the CFR). Rules are government agency statements that either: Implement, explain or prescribe law or policy.