Sentence examples for secret bargaining from inspiring English sources

Sound legislation can only emerge from public hearings with open debate, not the secret bargaining to which governors and legislative leaders have long been addicted.

The instant we did that its value as an offensive weapon was lost". "If it has no value as an offensive weapon why does your President keep asking for money to produce so many of them?" "Because the MX is the secret bargaining chip we intend to use in these negotiations.

Only 30 years later would he learn his father's secret bargain made it happen.

It was odd that I felt as if I had just uncovered some big secret, since bargaining used to be a way of life, just not my life.

With Nixon in danger of impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal, the administration sought to remove Agnew from the presidential line of succession, and secret plea bargaining took place between Agnew's lawyers and a federal judge.

But the rounds of secret diplomatic bargaining and public promises of new loans, debt rescheduling and massive aid programmes have done little to win the support of the extremists.

Terry L. Nichols, in secret plea bargaining with state prosecutors during his trial last year, admitted his involvement in the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building even as he publicly denied any role, The Oklahoman reported.

Who met clandestinely with Big Pharma to cut a secret deal that ruled out the government's bargaining on drug prices.

By adhering to the bargain, which was born in a secret deal between Richard Nixon and Golda Meir, Israel has created a code of nuclear conduct that encompasses both governmental policy and societal behavior.

The latest suit claims that a Post article falsely alleged that Burke killed his sister, that he was the prime suspect in her killing and that his representatives were "in secret plea bargain negotiations" with the prosecutor.

The newspaper To Vima reported that a "secret game of bargaining swaps" was taking place between Athens and Brussels, potentially leading to added sales tax hikes and the sale of state companies – both moves that Syriza campaigned strongly against in the election.