| ABC News, 302, 303 | |
| Abington v. Schempp, 292 | |
| Abortion issue, 285. See also Roe v. Wade; Webster v. Reproductive Health Services | |
| Abrams, 308 | |
| Access, hierarchy of, 150 | |
| Access-oriented PACs, 42 | |
| ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union | |
| Adams, Brock, 31 | |
| Administrative Procedure Act (APA) of 1946, 214, 261 | |
| "Advocacy coalitions," 216 | |
| Advocacy groups, involvement of, 143-46 | |
| Aetna Life and Casualty Company Political Action Committee, 70 | |
| Aetna-U.S. Healthcare, 9 | |
| AFL-CIO, 106, 322; and Bork nomination, 283; and Committee on Political Education (COPE), 40, 82; as Democratic support, 43; issue advocacy of, 12, 40, 147, 245; as political representative, 8; weakness of, 201 | |
| African American Institute, 249 | |
| African Americans, churches of, 43 | |
| Africa Watch, 245 | |
| Agencies, types of, 219 | |
| Agnew, Spiro, 22 | |
| Aid to Families with Dependent Children, 137 | |
| Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, 9 | |
| Alar scare, 260 | |
| Alaska Oil Reserve, 126 | |
| Alcoa, 32 | |
| Alexander, Herbert E., 74 | |
| Alexander, Lamar, 68, 70 | |
| Alliance for Justice, 274, 275, 285, 323; Judicial Selection Project of, 275 | |
| Ambassador(s), appointment of, 74 | |
| American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), 3, 7, 131, 134; issue advocacy of, 13 | |
| American Automobile Association, 7 | |
| American Bankers Association, 19 | |
| American Bar Association (ABA), 7, 134, 245; and foreign aid reform, 249; and legal profession, 274-76; and Supreme Court nominees, 272-75 | |
| American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), 278, 290, 295, 296-99 | |
| American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 291, 292, 295, 297, 304, 305, 306-7, 313, 318, 321; and Christian Coalition, 94 | |
| American Express, 143 | |
| American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, 78 | |
| American Federation of Teachers, 78 | |
| American Jewish Committee, 292 | |
| American Jewish Congress, 3, 291, 292, 296, 299, 318 | |
| American League of Lobbyists, 8 | |
| American Medical Association (AMA), 7, 9; AMPAC of, 40-41 | |
| American Petroleum Institute, 95 | |
| Americans for a Balanced Budget, 77 | |
| Americans for Bush campaign, 75-76 | |
| Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 21; |
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Publication information:
Book title: The Interest Group Connection:Electioneering, Lobbying, and Policymaking in Washington.
Contributors: Paul S. Herrnson - Editor, Ronald G. Shaiko - Editor, Clyde Wilcox - Editor.
Publisher: Chatham House Publishers.
Place of publication: Chatham, NJ.
Publication year: 1998.
Page number: 361.
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