logrolling

noun

log·roll·ing | \ ˈlȯg-ˌrō-liŋ

, ˈläg-\

Definition of logrolling

1 [ from a former American custom of neighbors assisting one another in rolling logs into a pile for burning ] : the exchanging of assistance or favors specifically : the trading of votes by legislators to secure favorable action on projects of interest to each one

2 : the rolling of logs in water by treading also : a sport in which contestants treading logs try to dislodge one another

Examples of logrolling in a Sentence

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This is political logrolling disguised as public necessity. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "You Call That ‘Infrastructure’?," 3 Jan. 2019 But hey, everybody hates taxes, and why should this industry be cut out of the logrolling big barbecue of a bill that is largely based on the idea that tax cuts pay for themselves? — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "Tax Bill Will Make It Easier to Drown Your Sorrows Over the Tax Bill," 21 Dec. 2017 Trump, of course, has not helped in the way a standard president would—bringing lawmakers along, participating in logrolling and horse-trading, using his own expertise to find the right formulas. — Norm Ornstein, The Atlantic, "The Other Devil's Bargain," 21 Aug. 2017

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