Vocabulary
1) Schlossberg-Cassidy & Associates: Contains the inside story behind lobbyists. In the 1970’s their business with Tufts University yielded an early earmark. This was originally a law firm, which provided research, counseling, evaluation, and policy-making regarding agricultural related food and products.
2) Earmark: also called an “earmarked,” a specific appropriation of federal funds to a single university for a particular facility, such as the nutrition center at Tufts.
3) “Bringing home the bacon”: A phrase coined to describe pork barrel politics. Used by politicians to advertise their effectiveness to voters. Politicians who bring money back to their district bring home the bacon, or money, and are more likely to get reelected.
Summary
The political art of lobbying started in Washington D.C. with the creation of Cassidy- Schlossberg & Associates. A modest firm at first, it became a booming business in 1976 when President Mayer of Tufts University wished to make a nutrition center for the university. This created earmark, where Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates act as the middle man between congress and the client, and changed the way Congress spends tax money.
Analysis
Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates began as a modest firm in the 1970’s dealing with food issues, and became a lobbying firm making a ton of money. In 1976 President Mayer of Tufts worked with Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates to build a nutrition research center at the university. Congressman Tip O’Neill helped make this nutrition research center. The creation of this nutrition center with the help of congressman O’Neill changed Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates forever, and changed the way congress spends tax money. Earmark involves looking for a specific appropriation of federal funds to a single university for a particular facility. O’Neill appropriated the money for Tufts University, turning Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates into a lobbyist firm and created the use of earmark. O’Neill used the appropriation funds as a way to do a good deed but also “bring home the bacon” with pork barrel politics. After the research center was created Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates began picking up many new clients and used congressional favors to achieve legislative objectives.
Evaluation
Lobbying dates back 400 years ago before the American people gained independence. The act of lobbying involves making a formal complaint about an injustice committed by a king or governor, and demand action to fix it. The first amendment protects this power of the people, and Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates used lobbying to bring in nearly 21 million dollars between January and September of 1989.
Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates help colleges and universities with politics and government money. Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates changed after installing a nutrition research center into Tufts university with the help of congressman Tip O’Neill, and with it Electoral politics, Washington lobbying, and political fund-raising transformed. Growing lobbying businesses benefit pork barrel politics. By using money and favors from congressmen and the government, Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates tread on murky waters between legal and illegal acts. Since Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates created a booming lobbyist market, lobbyists have become indispensible to congressmen as advisors, fund-raisers, and finance chairman of their campaigns. Money and loyalty make the perfect lobbyist, and the perfect lobbyist make money for many congressmen and companies who hire them.
1) Schlossberg-Cassidy & Associates: Contains the inside story behind lobbyists. In the 1970’s their business with Tufts University yielded an early earmark. This was originally a law firm, which provided research, counseling, evaluation, and policy-making regarding agricultural related food and products.
2) Earmark: also called an “earmarked,” a specific appropriation of federal funds to a single university for a particular facility, such as the nutrition center at Tufts.
3) “Bringing home the bacon”: A phrase coined to describe pork barrel politics. Used by politicians to advertise their effectiveness to voters. Politicians who bring money back to their district bring home the bacon, or money, and are more likely to get reelected.
Summary
The political art of lobbying started in Washington D.C. with the creation of Cassidy- Schlossberg & Associates. A modest firm at first, it became a booming business in 1976 when President Mayer of Tufts University wished to make a nutrition center for the university. This created earmark, where Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates act as the middle man between congress and the client, and changed the way Congress spends tax money.
Analysis
Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates began as a modest firm in the 1970’s dealing with food issues, and became a lobbying firm making a ton of money. In 1976 President Mayer of Tufts worked with Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates to build a nutrition research center at the university. Congressman Tip O’Neill helped make this nutrition research center. The creation of this nutrition center with the help of congressman O’Neill changed Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates forever, and changed the way congress spends tax money. Earmark involves looking for a specific appropriation of federal funds to a single university for a particular facility. O’Neill appropriated the money for Tufts University, turning Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates into a lobbyist firm and created the use of earmark. O’Neill used the appropriation funds as a way to do a good deed but also “bring home the bacon” with pork barrel politics. After the research center was created Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates began picking up many new clients and used congressional favors to achieve legislative objectives.
Evaluation
Lobbying dates back 400 years ago before the American people gained independence. The act of lobbying involves making a formal complaint about an injustice committed by a king or governor, and demand action to fix it. The first amendment protects this power of the people, and Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates used lobbying to bring in nearly 21 million dollars between January and September of 1989.
Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates help colleges and universities with politics and government money. Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates changed after installing a nutrition research center into Tufts university with the help of congressman Tip O’Neill, and with it Electoral politics, Washington lobbying, and political fund-raising transformed. Growing lobbying businesses benefit pork barrel politics. By using money and favors from congressmen and the government, Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates tread on murky waters between legal and illegal acts. Since Cassidy-Schlossberg & Associates created a booming lobbyist market, lobbyists have become indispensible to congressmen as advisors, fund-raisers, and finance chairman of their campaigns. Money and loyalty make the perfect lobbyist, and the perfect lobbyist make money for many congressmen and companies who hire them.
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