1. Tactics
Interest Groups

2. Electioneering
“help elect your political friends and defeat your political enemies”
Formation of PACS-Political action committees
Campaign contributions
Endorsement or targeting candidates
Report card ratings on candidates and voter scorecards
Mass mailings and targeted ads

3. Citizens United V FEC
overturned  Campaign Reform Act of 2002  (McCain Feingold)that prohibited corporate and union political independent expenditures in political campaigns. Citizens United made it legal for corporations and unions to spend from their general treasuries to finance independent expenditures related to campaigns, but did not alter the prohibition on direct corporate or union contributions to federal campaigns.

4. Voter Scorecard

5. Legal Actions Initiate of litigation-class action lawsuits
Filing of amicus curiae briefs in front of SCOTUS

6. Lobbying-K street
Paid lobbyists moving to influence legislators and the political process

7. Boeing
Boeing Co. is one of the most influential companies in airline manufacturing and has continually shown its influence in lobbying Congress ... Between January and September, Boeing spent a total of $12 million lobbying according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics. Additionally, Boeing has its own political action committee, which donated more than $2.2 million to federal candidates during the 2010 election cycle. Of that sum, 53 percent went to Democrats. ...

8. Regulation