A combining or mutual agreement in which one politician supports or assists another in consideration of receiving assistance in return; wheeling and dealing; -- sometimes used of a disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or ends.
cooperative effort of multiple legislators to bind together a series of personal projects and push them through the legislative process.
Occurs when congressional representatives trade votes, agreeing to help each other get certain pieces of legislation passed.
act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects
This political concept is based on American frontier experience: "I'll help you roll and stack heavy logs at your farm if you'll help me do the same on mine." Legislatively, Representative A agrees to support B's bill if B will do the same for A. This process occurs when the perceived benefits of receiving support for one's own venture outweigh the perceived costs of supporting the schemes of one's colleagues. The overall legislative result, however, usually is not what legislators individually would have supported.
A kind of trade-off between two or more decision makers: giving favours or making concessions on condition of receiving other favours.
The political process whereby votes are exchanged to gain support for legislation.
Logrolling (or horse trading in British English) is a colorful phrase used to describe trading of votes by legislative members to obtain passage of actions of interest to each legislative member. The term is also used for similar activities in academics, notably the "cross quoting" of papers in order to drive up reference counts.