log roll
Trade votes mutually
Log roll combines two related ideas.
In its original sense, it's the cooperative practice of neighbors helping each other roll heavy logs, especially when clearing land or building cabins.
This mutual aid spawned a political meaning: trading favors, particularly legislators supporting each other's bills in exchange for reciprocal support.
The senators log rolled to get both projects funded.
As a single word, logroll is more common for the political sense.
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