logroll
Exchange political favors
Logroll combines two related meanings rooted in mutual back-scratching.
In politics, to logroll is to exchange votes or favors: I'll support your highway bill if you logroll for my education funding.
The practice itself is logrolling.
The term comes from frontier neighbors helping each other roll heavy logs—cooperative labor that expected reciprocation.
Logrolling also names a sport where competitors balance on a floating log, trying to spin or maneuver each other into the water.
Advocating to decision-makers
- pork-barrelSelf-serving legislative spending
- earmarkDesignate for specific purpose
- quid-pro-quoExchange of equivalents
- backscratchingTrading favors mutually
amendment · bill · rider · caucus · coalition · bipartisanship · partisanship · whip
Spinning a floating log
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- tournamentMulti-round competitive event
- competitorOne striving against others
Wood for construction
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- lumberyardWood retail facility
- boomLoud deep sound
- logjamObstruction halting flow
peavey · felling · chainsaw · axe · woodcutter · birling · floating · downstream
Trading favors mutually
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- backingAid or sponsorship
- allianceFormal union of parties
advocacy · sponsorship · patronage · coalition-building · networking · cronyism · boosting
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- pork-barrelSelf-serving legislative spending
- earmarkDesignate for specific purpose
- quid-pro-quoExchange of equivalents
backscratching · amendment · bill · rider · caucus · coalition · bipartisanship · partisanship · whip · cloture
birling
Spinning a floating log
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- tournamentMulti-round competitive event
competitor · stamina · footwork · dexterity · river · pond · champion
timber
Wood for construction
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- lumberyardWood retail facility
- boomLoud deep sound
logjam · peavey · felling · chainsaw · axe · woodcutter · birling · floating · downstream · millpond
backscratching
Trading favors mutually
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- backingAid or sponsorship
alliance · advocacy · sponsorship · patronage · coalition-building · networking · cronyism · boosting
logrollobstruct
Block or hinder passage
stonewall · stand firm · filibuster · dig in · block
logrollobstruct
Block or hinder passage
filibuster · stonewall · block · stand alone · go it alone