Lobbying Congress

"The Most Permeable Branch"

• Members and staff  (and yes, you can find salaries)
• Committees
• Committee staff
• Party Leadership
• Leadership staff
• Congressional Member Organizations

ACCESS: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) says that if she finds 30 phone messages, "of the thirty, you're going to know ten of them. Anyone is going to make phone calls to the people they know first.  I'm going to call the people I know. Among the people I know are donors."

The lay of the land"

• Know the jurisdictions:  tax, appropriations, regulation
• Know the process
• Know the calendar
• Know the people
• Plant seeds

This video is hokey and stagy but basically accurate:

• Soft sells and building relationships
• Lobbying staff: what to do
• Lobbying staff: what not to do

Hearing survival guide -- murder boards