Sausage Grinder

While Obama's legislative style up until now has been mostly to work behind the scenes as Congress dithers, and then jump in and support whatever bill actually makes it out of the sausage-grinder up on Capitol Hill. ❋ Chris Weigant (2010)

The stimulus bill working its way through the Congressional sausage-grinder contains "Buy American" provisions that are, unsurprisingly, resisted by American companies that like selling things overseas. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This will then go through the traditional inter-agency review process (and god knows what that will do to all these ideas) but at least we'll have a record of what the meat looked like before it went through the sausage-grinder. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As I said earlier, I ultimately saw good and bad points with Feinstein's bill - so it goes with the great sausage-grinder that is American political compromise. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Since he is a Brit of similar age to myself, and similarly suffering through the psychic sausage-grinder that is the education business in China - I really should have been more supportive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As the draft churns through the editorial sausage-grinder, items get put in and taken out and if I'm negligent something completely wrong-headed can land in the draft and stay there when it flies out the door. ❋ Unknown (2008)