This document is a 38-page lesson on the connection between money and politics. It includes a Pink Floyd music video, discussion questions, explanations of terms like interest groups, political action committees (PACs), and super PACs. It also discusses how these groups can raise and spend unlimited sums to influence elections, and covers the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision that deregulated campaign finance laws. The lesson aims to explain how interest groups, political donations, and spending work within the political process in the United States.

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2. Pink Floyd - Money (Official Music Video)
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4. "Money" Discussion Questions
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8. Open Ended Question
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9. Now that you have a general idea of what interest groups are and what they
do, describe the connection between interest groups, the political process,
and money?
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13. Fill in the Blanks
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14. unlimited Hard represents (PAC) limited
“party-building” Soft unregulated
organization regulated
• Money – campaign contributions
and by the federal
government that are given directly to a candidate
• Money – and
campaign contributions to federal
candidates and the national parties; supposedly for generic
activities (ex: get-out-the-vote drives,
bumper stickers, yard signs, and “issue ads”)
• Political Action Committee – officially
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15. registered fund-raising that
interest groups in the political process
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18. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/contribution_limits_chart_2019-2020.pdf
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20. https://www.opensecrets.org/527s/527cmtes.php
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22. https://www.marylandnonprofits.org/support-nonprofits/
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24. organizations ads Super groups
Nonprofit, money 527 unlimited
501c mobilization
Groups – Tax-exempt
created to raise money for political activities such as
voter efforts and issue
• Groups – tax-exempt
interest that can engage in varying
levels of political activity
• PACs - PACs may raise and spend
sums of in order to
advocate for or against political candidates.
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31. Citizens United v. FEC | BRI's Homework Help Series
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35. https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/11/2020-state-and-federal-races-nimp
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37. Poll
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38. Do you agree with the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC?
Yes
No
Not sure
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