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- verb idiomatic to
negotiate informally, especially whenbargaining or reciprocal concessions are included, frequently regarding politics
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Examples
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Let's tell Washington that we don't want to hear one more word about benefit cuts until the government's allowed to horsetrade with the pharmaceutical manufacturers the same way everybody else does with their vendors including the government, when the vendor isn't a pharmaceutical company.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Don't Do It, Mr. President. Don't Cut Social Security or Medicare. RJ 2011
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The horsetrade seems fine – in a context in which employment-based pensions are replaced by a livable Social Security benefit and government-backed old-age annuities.
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Let's tell Washington that we don't want to hear one more word about benefit cuts until the government's allowed to horsetrade with the pharmaceutical manufacturers the same way everybody else does with their vendors including the government, when the vendor isn't a pharmaceutical company.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Don't Do It, Mr. President. Don't Cut Social Security or Medicare. RJ 2011
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He OK'ed backroom deals when campaigned clearly against them to horsetrade for votes.
Surya Yalamanchili: Obama's Failure Surya Yalamanchili 2011
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The sort of things the Supreme Court could “horsetrade” for political consideration from the Executive Branch would be what?
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That is, the idea is that there will be a member of the cabinet who will represent the judiciary, horsetrade for what helps the judiciary, etc.
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The idea is that there will be a member of the cabinet who will represent the judiciary, horsetrade for what helps the judiciary, etc.
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Under Ichiro Ozawa's leadership, the DPJ could horsetrade support for the budget in exchange for an early election, which must be held by September.
Tokyo Titanic 2009
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That is, the idea is that there will be a member of the cabinet who will represent the judiciary, horsetrade for what helps the judiciary, etc.
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The sort of things the Supreme Court could “horsetrade” for political consideration from the Executive Branch would be what?
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