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logroll

[ lawg-rohl, log- ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to procure the passage of (a bill) by logrolling.


verb (used without object)

  1. to engage in political logrolling.

logroll

/ ˈ±ôÉ’É¡ËŒ°ùəʊ±ô /

verb

  1. to use logrolling in order to procure the passage of (legislation)
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±ô´Ç²µËŒ°ù´Ç±ô±ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ô´Ç²µî€¼Û´Ç±ô±ôe°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of logroll1

1825–35, Americanism; back formation from logrolling
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Example Sentences

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The ACLU’s lawsuit argues that the Legislature wrongly logrolled two distinct, unrelated subjects into one combined bill.

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“The court finds the amendment was clearly logrolled with other legislation, since the amendment was attached to a non-controversial†measure regarding the withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a minor, Turner said in his Tuesday ruling.

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"It's just offensive that we literally logrolled recognition of the Capitol Police," Gaetz told Roll Call, complaining that Democrats chose to "combine it with these editorial comments about the Jan. 6 sequence of events."

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Farm subsidies and food stamps have been logrolled into one measure, the Farm Bill, for decades, in order to secure a majority of votes from rural and urban lawmakers.

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The Poet poses publicly, the Scribe Knows how to vaunt, to logroll, and to bribe.

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