If you were representing the Center for Public Policy Priorities at a lobbyist, what would you do to help pass Rep. Thompson’s bill?

For this assignment, write a 4 page essay with three specific sections.

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1. If you were representing the Center for Public Policy Priorities at a lobbyist, what would you do to help pass Rep. Thompson’s bill?
2. If you were representing the Texas Restaurant Association as a lobbyist, what would you do to change or defeat the bill?
3. If you were a state legislator, how would you deal with these competing interests? What information would you want, and how would you view the issue?
Submit in Word. Cite your sources.
Note: This is an essay about interest groups and what they do. Tell me what you would do in each of these three roles. Do not spend your essay telling me what you think about the minimum wage issue.
Resources
Here’s the Center for Public Policy Priorities: http://forabettertexas.org/ (Links to an external site.)
Here’s the Texas Restaurant Association: https://www.txrestaurant.org/ (Links to an external site.)
Here’s H.B. 290: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=HB290 (Links to an external site.)
The Texas Tribune talks about Texas’ reluctance to address this issue: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/12/20/most-states-raise-their-minimum-wages-texas-refuses-budge/ (Links to an external site.)
Here’s a CPPP position paper on this issue from 2015: https://forabettertexas.org/images/EO_2015_04_MinWage_report.pdf (Links to an external site.)
The Hill News explains some of the problems with raising the minimum wage: https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-budget/321967-minimum-wage-hikes-fail-to-benefit-low-income-families (Links to an external site.)
The University of Washington has found that Seattle’s higher minimum wage as hurt workers: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/study-seattles-minimum-wage-is-hurting-the-poor (Links to an external site.)
The Nation Magazine disagrees: https://www.thenation.com/article/no-seattles-15-minimum-wage-is-not-hurting-workers/ (Links to an external site.)