Section: AP Government

42) Which of the following form an "iron triangle?"  (Check the 3 that apply)

1. President
2. Executive Agency
3. Senate Majority Leader
4. Speaker of the House
5. Interest Group
6. Congress
7. Congressional committee
8. President
9. Supreme Court
10. Senate Majority Leader

The iron triangle is a unique relationship between the bureaucracy, congressmen and lobbyists that results in the mutual benefit of all three of them. We examine how an iron triangle works, and then consider some problems that might arise from an iron triangle.