logrolling
- Logrolling refers to the act of adding unrelated clauses to a legislative bill with the intent of gaining broader support and ensuring the approval of the whole bill
- The senator was accused of logrolling after adding a provision about the environment to an unrelated education bill in an attempt to gain support from his colleagues.
- To secure the required votes, the legislator engaged in logrolling by including a clause on gun control in the health care bill.
- Logrolling can often lead to the passage of bills that might have been rejected had each topic been voted on separately.
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