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A legislative practice of embracing in one bill several distinct matters, none of which, perhaps, could singly obtain the assent of the legislature, and then procuring its passage by a combination of the minorities in favor of each of the measures into a majority that will adopt them all. Practice of including in one statute or constitutional amendment more than one proposition, inducing voters to vote for all, notwithstanding they might not have voted for all if amendments or statutes had been submitted separately. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And while they are at it, they should not forget stock car racing, motorcycle racing, mountain climbing, bowling, wood chopping, log rolling, demolition derby, lap dancing and nude mud wrestling. Even political log rolling may become less resistant to reform. When they turned their attention to politics, however, the substitution of universal principles for the traditional log rolling of municipal government created an urban system in which local government no longer responded to the needs of local citizens and the diverse members of Boston's neighborhoods no longer had an effective means of coming together in a system of shared allegiances. |
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