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logrolling::noun | Spocien Dictionary
act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects
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| Type of | exchange |
| Derivation | logroll |
Examples of logrolling
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Perhaps there is still something to be said for the pre-Christmas logrolling.
From the washingtontimes.com
His basic pitch was party loyalty, backed up sometimes by plain logrolling.
From the time.com
Much logrolling and maneuvering can occur in the conference committee.
From the time.com
Logrolling coalitions led to higher duties on all manner of imports.
From the online.wsj.com
And Congressional governance is a haven for special interest pleading and venal logrolling.
From the swampland.time.com
One television ad shows two hugely pregnant women in a logrolling contest, with an audience egging them on.
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All that is before the legislative logrolling started.
From the ocregister.com
Congress attempted to limit appropriations logrolling via riders with the Line Item Veto Act of 1996.
From the en.wikipedia.org
What do you get when you combine a Wisconsin Republican, folksy tunes, flannel and some good ol'fashioned logrolling?
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- Act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects
- Birling: rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
- (logroll) work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes
- Logrolling (log birling or just birling), is a sport that originated in the lumberjack/log driver tradition of the northeastern United States and Canada, involving logs in a river (traditionally) or other body of water. ...
- The rolling of logs; A concerted effort to push forward mutually advantageous legislative agendas; Mutual recommendation of friends' or colleagues' services or products. Commonly used in the context of book recommendations in literary reviews etc
- (logroll) To exchange political favours; to roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl; To move as rolling logs
- The exchange of political favors, especially among legislators who agree to support each others' initiatives. Logrolling contributed importantly to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff.
- The political practice in which a voter agrees to support another's programs in exchange for support for his or her own.
- Quid pro quo process whereby members help each other get particular measures passed. One member will help another on one piece of legislation in return for similar help.
