horse-trading, tack sth on

The Los Angeles Times leads with the Senate debate on the $885 billion stimulus plan, which began yesterday and is expected to last for more than a week. Everyone expects that it will receive at least a bit of Republican support, but not before some intense horse-trading sessions where lawmakers will try to tack on more of their priorities into the package.


horse-trading
n.

Negotiation characterized by hard bargaining and shrewd exchange: political horse-trading.

horsetrade horse trade n.
horsetrade horse'-trade' v.
horsetrader horse trader n.

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tack sth on phrasal verb [M] INFORMAL
to add something that you had not planned to add, often without much preparation or thought:
At the last minute, they tacked on a couple of extra visits to my schedule.