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Iron Triangles or Issue Networks

Who Makes Public Policy? Iron Triangles

Who Makes Public Policy? Iron triangles Alliance between . . . Congressional committees, Interest groups or representatives of regulated industries, Federal bureaucratic agencies

Who Makes Public Policy? Iron triangles Example: Land use (forest) policy House Natural Resource Committee U.S. Forest Service (in the Department of Agriculture) Timber industry interests (American Forest and Paper Association, etc.)

Who Makes Public Policy? Iron triangles Example: Military veterans policy House and Senate Veterans Committees Federal Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans interest groups (the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars)

Who Makes Public Policy? Iron triangles Example: Tobacco House and Senate agricultural subcommittees Tobacco division of the Department of Agriculture Tobacco interest groups, including manufacturers and farmers

Who Makes Public Policy? Issue networks Some political scientists argue that iron triangle model is outdated or only applies to some policymaking. Iron triangles are not indestructible (e.g. tobacco iron triangle) Other groups can impact policy as well For example: Sierra Club, a strong environmental group, impacts land use policy.