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Answer for the clue "Political back scratching ", 10 letters:
logrolling

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In medicine , in particular, in emergency medicine , the log roll or logrolling is a maneuver used to move a patient without flexing the spinal column . Patient's legs are stretched, the head is held, to immobilize the neck. Some sources recommend patient's ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The rolling of logs. 2 A concerted effort to push forward mutually advantageous legislative agendas by combining two items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass. 3 Mutual recommendation of friends' ...

Usage examples of logrolling.

And from then on fact had been added to meager fact and the censorship of that single telegram had avalanched into a harrowing afternoon-long session of give-and-take, of logrolling, bullying, factions and secret votes until Ferrante and his chief had to face the sickening truth of the matter: that they must league with the English in view of a highly probable common peril.

The advocates of the change were not strong enough to force through a free-silver bill, but they were able by skillful logrolling to bring about the passage of the Silver Purchase Act.

I had to watch ahead and try to pick my footingit kept me as busy as a lumberjack in a logrolling contest.

And from then on, fact had been added to meager fact, and the censorship of that single telegram had avalanched into a harrowing afternoon-long session of give-and-take, of logrolling, bullying, factions and secret votes, until Ferrante and his chief had to face the sickening truth of the matter: that they must league with the English, in view of a highly probable common peril.