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Kangaroo Ticket

A “kangaroo ticket” is a ticket for higher office in which the person at the bottom of the ticket is considered more electable or is …


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Fancy Farm

An annual picnic in Fancy Farm, Kentucky that has come to represent the traditional starting point of the fall campaign season in Kentucky.

The gathering …


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Slush Fund

A “slush fund” is an unregulated store of money which is often used for illicit or illegal purposes.

A slush fund can come from political …


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Bunk

“Bunk” is empty or nonsense talk.

In 1820, Rep. Felix Walker from Ashville, North Carolina justified his long-winded and somewhat irrelevant remarks about the Missouri …


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Senate Hold

A “Senate hold” is how a U.S. senator informally signals his objection to a bill or presidential nomination.

Most congressional actions clear parliamentary hurdles by …


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