... "iron triangle" relationship between interest groups, government agencies, and congressional committees threaten democracy because it allows a small group of people to dominate policy decisions. The issue with iron triangles within Congress is that politicians serve their own political interest and fulfill the wants of pressure groups rather than serving the public good. "As long as they hang together ... out by years of private negotiations among the "insiders" (Johnson). This display of the elite dominating policy making with the use of iron triangles is destroying the privilege of pl...

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• Grade Level: Graduate