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IRON TRIANGLE
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Congress
The legislative branch of the United States federal government composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate
funding and political support
electoral support
policy choices and execution
friendly legislation and oversight
Example 2:
Example 1:
Congressional Committee on Armed Services, US Department of Defense, and defense contractors form a defense iron triangle.
The House Committee on Agriculture (Congressional committee), the Department of Agriculture (bureaucratic agency), and the American Farm Bureau Federation (interest group) form an agriculture iron triangle.
Benefits
IRON
TRIANGLE
US Department of Defense: able to get the equipment they want and need
Congressional Committee: able to use their influence to persuade Department of Defense and the private defense contractors to back them and their ideas
Defense contractors: able to make lots of money by getting the contracts to make the equipment that the Department of Defense needs
A policy-making instrument composed of a tightly related alliance of Congress, the bureaucracy, and interest groups.
"Revolving Door"
- employment cycle in which individuals who work for governmental agencies that regulate particular interests eventually end up working for interest groups or businesses with the same policy concern.
Bureaucracy
Interest Groups
A collection of people who share a common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends
A form of organization that operates through impersonal, uniform regulations and procedures
congressional support, via lobby
low regulation, special favors