Lobbying: Prepared by Binju Karki M.SC - Nursing

LOBBYING
Prepared by
Binju Karki
M.Sc.Nursing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
General objective: By the end of the class students will
be able to understand the complete about Lobbying.
Specific objective: By the end of the class student will be
able to:
•to introduce lobbying
•to define lobbying
•to define lobbylist
•to explain the type of lobbylist
•to explain preparing for lobbying campaign
•to describe preparing for an effective letter-writing campaign
•to explain do in lobbying
•to describe don’t in lobbying
•summary
LOBBYING
Introduction
Nurses can take an active role in the legislative
and political process to affect change. They may
become involved in influencing one specific
piece of legislation or regulation, or they can
become involved more universally and
systematically to influence health care legislation
on the whole.
DEFINITIONS
•A lobbying is also known as Lobby. It is the act of
attempting to influence decisions made by officials in a
government most often legislator. Legislator are
members of regulatory agencies.
•A lobbying is the deliberate attempt to influence
political decisions through various forms of advocacy
directed at policy makers. On behalf of another person,
organization or group.
LOBBYIST
 Lobbyist is an individual who attempts to
influence legislation on behalf of others, such as
professional organizations or industries.
 Lobbyists are advocates. That means they
represent a particular side of an issue.
 A person who compensation or
receives
reimbursement from person; or
another group,
entity to lobby.
TYPES OF LOBBYING
Direct lobbying Grassroots

TYPES OF LOBBYIST
The lobbyist’s Registration Act identifies three types of
lobbyists:
 The Consultant lobbyist – Is a person who is gainfully
employed or not and not and whose occupation is to lobby
on behalf of a client in exchange for money, benefits or
other forms of compensation.
 The Enterprise lobbyist – Is a person who holds a job or

has duties in a profit-making organization, where duties
include, for a significant- part, lobbying on behalf of the
firm.
 The Organization lobbyist – Is a person who holds a job

or has duties in a non-profit organization like the
enterprise lobbyist.
PREPARING FOR LOBBYING CAMPAIGN
An effective lobbying initiative takes background
work.
1. Develop plan of action. Consider; rework,
revamp, and define the plan in advance of the
trip to the legislator’s office.
2. Be sure one is fully aware of a similar initiative
on the same topic and the position of those
opposing one’s idea.
3. Check with other nursing organizations to determine
their positions and if they have information to help
support one’s position.
4. Fine- tunes one’s presentation to several key points

because time will be limited.
5. Follow up after the meeting with a call or

correspondence outlining the points.
PREPARING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN
1) Define the goals of this grass-roots campaign.
2) Develop a plan.
3) Assess the knowledge level of participants

concerning the legislative process and the
issues that impact the organization.
4) Give interested participants information about the
bill in question and how this bill would directly
affect their practice. Clearly state what action the
legislative body needs to take to meet the goal, and
include the specific bill number and name.
5) Set up effective telephone or email networks that

can contact key members quickly, often legislative
issues are schedule, requiring an immediate change
of plan.
6) Identify and set up contacts with the key legislators
involved in your issue.
7) Set numerical goals for how many letters or

mailings will be generated.
8) On large issues, focus groups or polls may be used

to acquire information that can be used to acquire
information that can be analyzed and used to the
legislators.
9) Getthe timing right. The time to begin your campaign
is just before the committee hearings begin or just
prior to the rate on the floor. Too early is ineffective;
too late is wasted effort.
You must follow theprogram of your issue

closely so as to mobilize your members at the right
time.
DO ‘S’
1) Do write legibly or types, handwritten are
perfectly acceptable so long as they can be
read.
2) Do use personal stationary. Indicate that you

are registered nurse. Sign your full name and
address.
If you are writing for an organization, use that
organization’s stationary and include
information about, the services you perform,
and the employment setting you are found in.
3) Do state if you are a constituent. If you campaign for
or voted for the official; say so.
4) Do identify the issue by number and

name if possible or refer to it by the common
name.
5) Do state your position clearly and state what

you would like your legislator to do.
6) Do draft the letter in your own words and

convey your own thoughts.
7) Do refer to your own experience of how a bill will
directly affect you, your family, your patients, and
members of your organization or your profession.
Thoughtful, sincere letters on issues that directly
affect the writer receive the most attention and are
those that are often quoted in hearings or debates.
8) Do contact the legislator in time for your legislator

to act on an issue.
If your representative is a member of the committee
that is hearing the issue, contact him/her before the
committee hearings begin.
If the bill is due to come to the floor for debate and
votes.
9) Do write the governor promptly for a state issue,
after the bill passes both houses, if you want to
influence his/her decision to sign the bill into law or
veto it.
10) Do use e-mails to state your points.
11) Do be appreciative, especially of past favorable

votes. Many letters legislators receive feedback from
constituents who are unhappy or displeased about
actions taken on an issue. Letters of thanks are
greatly appreciated.
12) Do make your point quickly and discuss only one
issue per letter. Most letters should be one page
long.
13) Do remember that you are the expert in your

professional area. Most legislators know little about
the practice of nursing and respect your knowledge.
Offer your expertise to your elected representative
as an advisor or resource person to his or her staff
when issues arise.
14. 14) Do ask for what you want your legislator to do

on an issue. Ask him/her to state his/her position in
the reply to you.
DON’T S
1. Do not begin a letter with “as a citizen tax
payer.” Legislators assume that you are a
citizen, and all of us pay taxes.
2. Do not threaten or use hostility. Most
legislators ignore “hate” mail.
3. Do not send carbon copies of your letter to
other legislators. Write each legislator
individually. Do not letters to
legislators from other states- other
send they will refer
your letter to your congressional
representative.
4. Do not write House members while a bill is in the
Senate and vice versa. A bill may be amended many
times before it gets from one house to the other.
5. Do not write postcards; they are tossed.
6. Do not use form letters. In large numbers these
letters get attention only in the form that they are
tallied. These letters tend to elicit a “form letter
response” from the legislator.
7. Do not apologize for writing and taking their time. If
your letter is short and presents your opinion on an
issue, they are glad to have it.
Summary
Nurses can take an active role in the legislative and
political process to affect change. They may become
involved in influencing one specific piece of legislation
or regulation, or they can become involved more
universally and systematically to influence health care
legislation on the whole.
A lobbying is the deliberate attempt to influence
political decisions through various forms of advocacy
directed at policy makers. On behalf of another person,
organization or group.
Lobbyist is an individual who attempts to influence
legislation on behalf of others, such as professional
organizations or industries.
The type of lobbying is direct and grassroots
lobbying.
•Direct lobbying is communicating your views to a
legislator or a staff member or any other
government employee who may help develop the
legislation.
•Grassroots lobbying is simply citizen participation
in government.
The type of lobbyist are:
•The consultant lobbyist:The consultant lobbyist is a
person who is gainfully employed or not and whose
occupation is to lobby on behalf of a client in
exchange for money, benefits or other forms of
compensation.

•The enterprise lobbyist: This is a person who
holds a job or has duties in a profit-making
organization, whose duties include, for a significant
part, lobbying on behalf of the firm.
•The organization lobbyist: This is a person who
holds a job or has duties in a non-profit
organization.
Lobbying are done by campaign to challegen the
legislation.so, there is capaign and there must be
an effective letter writing. And there are various
action that must be followed.
CONCLUSION
A lobbying is also known as Lobby. It is the act of
attempting to influence decisions made by officials
in a government most often legislator. Legislator
are members of regulatory agencies. The type of
lobbying is direct and grassroots lobbying. The
type of lobbyist are consultant lobbyist, enterprise
lobbyist and organization lobbyist.
REFERENCE
•Basavanthappa BT. Nursing Administration. 1st

edition. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers; 2000
•https://
www.slideshare.net/GitanjaliMaria/lobbying-1717
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•https://
www.slideshare.net/porcreofesrToscana/what-is-l
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LOBBYING

Direct lobbying Grassroots

 The Enterprise lobbyist – Is a person who holds a job or

 The Organization lobbyist – Is a person who holds a job

4. Fine- tunes one’s presentation to several key points

5. Follow up after the meeting with a call or

1) Define the goals of this grass-roots campaign.

3) Assess the knowledge level of participants

5) Set up effective telephone or email networks that

7) Set numerical goals for how many letters or

8) On large issues, focus groups or polls may be used

You must follow theprogram of your issue

2) Do use personal stationary. Indicate that you

4) Do identify the issue by number and

5) Do state your position clearly and state what

6) Do draft the letter in your own words and

8) Do contact the legislator in time for your legislator

10) Do use e-mails to state your points.

11) Do be appreciative, especially of past favorable

13) Do remember that you are the expert in your

14. 14) Do ask for what you want your legislator to do

•Basavanthappa BT. Nursing Administration. 1st

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