Interest Group Project

1. Public Citizen
Arial Elsey
Interest Group Project

2. Public Citizen
Protecting Health, Safety, and
Democracy.
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3. What does Public Citizen fight for?
• The Middle Class
• First Amendment Right on the Internet
• Safe Prescription Drugs
• Single-Payer Health Care System
• Consumer Justice
• And more
Their mission is to Protect Health, Safety and Democracy.
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4. What does Public Citizen lobby?
Drug Projects
Public citizen has been lobbying for
safe prescription drugs. They assess the
quality and the efficiency of drugs.
They have tested several high-profile
drugs too. Some of these include Vioxx,
Avandia, and, Rezulin. They believe
these drugs should be efficient like the
makers are claim, and they should be
the quality they claim.
Public Citizen and the FDA have
worked together for their Drug Project
and testing.
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5. Public Citizen is a liberal interest group.
They are liberal on issues such as:
• Climate and Energy – they promote
strong regulation on energy market, and
promote strong regulations on energy
market
• Government Reform – they believe that
the government should serve voters. They
empower ordinary , and reduce the influence
of big corporations on government
• And more.
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6. Public Citizen: 40 Years of Progress

7. Public Citizen is a Membership interest group.
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Online Membership
form:

8. What do you get for becoming a member?
Public Citizen gives purposive incentives. They get what the purpose
of the interest group is itself.
Some examples include:
• Consumer Justice
• Democracy is for the people
The members get what they fight for, and they use litigation as one of their
methods.

9. PAC contributions to Public Citizen
• There where no PACs found for this interest group, they must get their money
from individuals.

10. Interactive Quiz
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m/public-citizen-quiz/quiz-166267

11. Sources:
• "Public Citizen." N.p., n.d. Web. https://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183
• “Online Quiz Maker.” https://www.onlinequizcreator.com