Ping-Pong in the United States
Ping-Pong
Legislative Definition of PING-PONG
This Congressional concept is provided by the United States Congress website as a a basic reference document: See amendment exchange.
Ping Pong (in Politics)
Related to political science, the following is a definition of Ping Pong in the U.S. practice of politics: Reconciling the differences between a House-passed bill and a Senate-passed bill by amendments between the chambers, rather than forming a conference committee.
The New Republic: “With ping-ponging, the chambers send legislation back and forth to one another until they finally have an agreed-upon version of the bill. But even ping-ponging can take different forms and some people use the term generically to refer to any informal negotiations.”