How did the honest leadership and open government act affect lobbying in the united states?
a. it strengthened lobbying regulations at the local and state levels by allowing states to set their own rules about lobbying.
b. it weakened lobbying regulations by allowing lobbyists to operate with no record of their activities.
c. it strengthened lobbying regulations by requiring lobbyists to file more detailed and frequent reports.
d. it weakened lobbying regulations by expanding the number of public interest groups each state can establish.

C. It strengthened lobbying regulations by requiring lobbyists to file more detailed and frequent reports

This law creates new guidelines for lobbying, aiming to strengthen transparency mechanisms. Among the requirements observed, the lobbyist had to present all the expenses and contributions involving the lobbying activity, and was prohibited from presenting members of Congress and their  staff with meals, trips and tickets for events etc. The law also stipulated that all archived reports and records should be available with no cost to the public. Finally, the law increased the frequency of submission of reports on contributions, once every six months, to quarterly.

Therefore, the third answer is correct (C).

congress was not thoroughly prohibiting states from funding religious schools.

social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality.