Months of intraparty battles, back-room deals and coalition building lie ahead.

The process to select a substitute is likely to be as much of a back-room deal as it was in November.

"It was a deeply flawed, back-room deal from the start," she said.

This city has been bled so dry with back-room deals.

We worry that these decisions may become back-room deals.

Residents see it as the hallmark of a back-room deal.

It was for reform, change, morals, ethics, no more back-room deals.

He said members of Congress were famous for holding bills hostage and cutting back-room deals.

"The person should not be chosen through back-room deals."

The phrase "a back-room deal to please sponsors" kept appearing in news reports.