Public citizen (Arial Elsey)

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Public CitizenArial ElseyInterest Group Project

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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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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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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Public Citizen: 40 Years of Progress

Public Citizen is a Membership interest group.

https://secure.citizen.org/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=6097

Online Membership form:

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.

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

money from individuals.

Sources:• "Public Citizen." N.p., n.d. Web. https://

www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183

• “Online Quiz Maker.” https://www.onlinequizcreator.com

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