Pork-barrel legislation
CLEP American Government, Chapter 9 Pork-barrel legislation Pork-barrel politics directs geographically concentrated benefits toward a legislator's constituency, often while spreading costs broadly. The term describes distributive incentives rather than a distinct constitutional category. Concentrated benefits and diffuse costs create an electoral incentive: constituents can readily credit the member for a local project, while each national […]
Logrolling
CLEP American Government, Chapter 9 Logrolling Logrolling is reciprocal vote trading: legislators support one another's priorities to assemble a coalition. It can enable compromise among members who value different outcomes intensely, but it can also combine provisions that would not attract majorities if considered separately. The term describes a bargaining mechanism, not a formal parliamentary […]
