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...... Contributions of interest groups are stated by Dye (2008) to be channeled through political action committees (PACs) which are stated to have originated in the labor movement as a way around laws prohibiting unions from contributing to elections. (Dye, 2008)[11] Corporations were encouraged to create their own PACs through the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 and since this time the PACS are stated to have proliferated and now business PACs far outnumber labor PACS. (Dye, 2008)[12] The Federal Election Commission (FED) is charged with regulating PACs and therefore makes it a requirement that the PACs register and report their finances and political contributions. (Dye, 2008)[13] Interest groups not only lobby congress but as well these groups attempt to exert influence upon governmental departments and agencies. (Dye, 2008)[14] There is a large level of competition among interest groups and this is stated to many times lead to policy networks, in which influence is associated with a complex and sometimes countervailing interaction in a common policy areas among lobbyists, elected officials, staff personnel, bureaucrats, journalists and private-sector experts. (Dye, 2008)[15] Dye states that there is a pattern of revolving doors by which members of a policy network switch jobs among

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