A senator who agrees to vote for a tax-cut bill with which he or she disagrees in order to receive another senator's vote on a climate change bill that he or she has proposed is engaged in

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This practice is called logrolling, where a senator agrees to support another senator's bill in exchange for support on their own bill. It is a common practice in politics, but can also be considered unethical or manipulative at times. Filibustering is a tactic used to delay or prevent a vote on a bill, cloturing is the procedure used to end a filibuster, and insider trading is the illegal practice of using non-public information for financial gain. None of these options accurately describes the scenario presented.

A Senator Who Agrees to Vote for a Tax-Cut Bill