Iron Triangles

Question 1

Who first coined the term?

Answer 1

Eisenhower in 1961

Question 2

Example of this

Answer 2

Major pharmaceutical companies often have close ties with the Food and Drug Administration and legislators who sit on relevant congressional committees like House Subcommittee on Agriculture

Question 3

What are the three sides of the iron triangle?

Answer 3

Congress, interest group and bureaucracy

Question 4

What do interest groups give to Congress in return for?

Answer 4

They give electoral support in return for friendly legislation an oversight

Question 5

What does Congress give to bureaucracy in return for?

Answer 5

Funding and political support in return for policy choices and execution

Question 6

Sierra Club and Iron triangles

Answer 6

Sierra Club aims to protect wild places of the earth. They lobby to meet there goals like for Cap and Trade. Govt ministers may agree to this even if it puts them at odds with Keystone Pipeline