Define and explain the significance of the term logrolling.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should identify logrolling as one of the strategic factors in congressional behavior. Logrolling is when congressional members support a piece of legislation in return for support on another piece of legislation. The significance of logrolling is that when it occurs Congress is not acting as a sound, deliberative, and effective legislative body.
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