floor-manage
Americanverb (used with object)
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He acknowledged the Senate's 15 committee chairmen as the body's oligarchs, encouraged them to floor-manage their own bills.
From Time Magazine Archive
Infantino, 55, became head of FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, in 2016, when he was elected to replace the scandal-ridden Sepp Blatter in a vote floor-managed by Sunil Gulati, then president of the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2025
Their daughter, Karen Klein Hirsch, floor-managed the Four Seasons restaurant in New York for a decade until 2004, and now has a daughter of her own.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2014
He floor-managed a National Science Foundation bill that resulted in a half-billion-dollar authorization.
From Time Magazine Archive
He floor-managed all major bills, was chief lobbyist, strategist, parliamentarian and whip.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He came to meet London Bill, and you floor-managed the play."
From The President A novel by Alfred Henry Lewis
Humphrey, who is floor-managing the bill for the Democrats, was growing impatient.
From Time Magazine Archive
To that, Minne sota Democrat Hubert Humphrey, who is floor-managing the bill for the Administration, had a ready reply.
From Time Magazine Archive
A perplexed and wary Hruska, floor-managing the Carswell drive, objected.
From Time Magazine Archive
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