ering a program together, and interest groups step in threatening negative public attention to the very same program. In basic terms, this iron triangle set-up is the most general form of checks and balances. One that was basically created to not only split presidential-congressional power, but allow interest groups themselves a small part of the “say” as well. Iron triangles exist not only between the president, congress, and interest groups, they also exist inside of congress as well.These iron triangles inside of congress are the real problem. They exist due to poor communications between committee’s and their sub-committees. Poor interactions between these groups, and minor squabbles over the fine print can literally kill a perfectly good program. The coordination and co-operation between committees in congress itself is a key factor in a government that is habitually slow to act on even the non-political hand grenade type issues. Some good news about poor congressional coordination, is that these inner-triangles are becoming weaker and congress is now able to facilitate better communication between the “corners.” So now this once anti presidential-congress bargaining tool, is starting to allow greater flow of information between the groups and less time spent gripping about the small things. I won’t say that the inner squabbles of congress will cease anytime soon. However, it seems that for the most public of issues, such as education and welfare and the such, seem to get the attention that they require. Now if only the president and his congress could start agreeing on some one these items (especially the budget.) The advent of committees and sub-committees is a big hindrance to presidential and congressional interactions.The distribution of power within congress hampers congress’s ability to work as a whole. Committees have their sub-committees who may in turn have committees...
