The “bureaucratic politics model” explains that agencies and specific political actors within government agencies will work to develop or influence policies that benefit their specific organizations. This form of policy creates policy through compromise, and agreements that can render the final policies limited or ineffective. Congress has the power to develop new mandates and guidelines to further control existing foreign policy or how it is developed within the legislative branch. “Wanting human rights to play a larger role in American foreign policy, Congress created a human rights office in the Department of State, later elevated it to a bureau, and mandated its role in the decisionmaking process by requiring the production of annual human
