horse-trade

It is not any economic argument but a political horse-trade which has led to the line that Britain can prosper launching a sack race among small firms.

Employment law: the sack race 2011

Three of four terms in, you co-sponsor your first legislation, get some face time on cable news, bring home some serious pork because you were willing to horse-trade.

Mark Olmsted: The Fool's Game of Anti-Incumbency Mark Olmsted 2010

Ironically, the AGs emphasize "the legitimate federal interests in the bill" while challenging a horse-trade which may or may not make it in to a finished statute.

Barbara Ann Radnofsky: Texas Attorney General Seeks Activist Judges 2010

Others say that it could actually increase overall spending because the president could horse-trade with members by letting them put through their little pet projects in exchange for their vote on a massive presidential initiative for example, a public option for health care, or Medicare Part E . . . which you know is coming.

Broke Glenn Beck 2010

Politicians are able to pander, horse-trade and attack their way to electoral victory even as they drive down participation in, and drive up distrust of, the system.

Michael Maslansky: America's Perfect Storm of Fear: Finding the Cure 2010

Rod Blagojevich was indicted and impeached for allegedly trying to horse-trade jobs for senate seats.

David Sirota: Denver Post: Obama Aide Messina Caught "Trying to Buy Off" Primary Challenger 2009

I know what that would be for me: a whole different horse-trade in which truth and transparency are risked in exchange for belief in possibility, for the engagement and activism that could unleash.

The Problem of Hope 2009

But he could sweet-talk and horse-trade too, using all the tools of legal bribery and persuasion that a president possesses.

Steven Hill: To Succeed, Obama Needs to Channel His Inner LBJ 2009

But on the details, Obama appears much more willing to horse-trade away just about anything so that he can get a bill on his desk that he can sign, and then chalk it up as a significant legislative victory -- even if it is so watered down that it does little to "fix" the health care problem.

Chris Weigant: It's Time To Lead, Mr. President 2009

And he may have begun to freelance, as well, traveling to Hanoi in 1987, perhaps offering to "horse-trade" for live bodies or "bones," despite U.S. policy to the contrary.

Perot's Jungle Fever 2008