More Iron Triangles

There are a few holdouts, but here are more policies my 2302's are going to investigate for evidence of Iron Triangles.

Tailpipe emissions
Tax Exemptions for Senior Citizens
Sexual Predators
Stem Cell Research
Global Warming
Public Transportation in Houston
K-12 Teacher's Issues
CHIP
Illegal Immigration
Agriculture
Hydrogen Cars

Some of these need to be focused a bit more than they are already, but it's a start. Let's start collecting articles and highlight the parties involved in each policy arena.

Iron Triangles

To my 2302 3 week mini students welcome and prepare for blast off. We'll be going hard and fast until the 29th. I want everyone to have a policy selected by tomorrow for the paper assignment.

The following have been selected.

Horse Slaughtering
Human Papiloma Virus
Religious Freedom Restoration
Corn Ethanol Production
Gas Price Controls

19 to go. Please remember that you are to outline the network of interests around each of these issues, or the competing interests if necessary. We'll spend plenty of time discussing this in class.

Here are some links that should help you:
- Wikipedia "Iron Triangle" entry
- Glossary of political terms: Iron Triangle.