The opposition parties and crossbench could have refused to debate the industrial relations bills, causing a standoff that could lead to a constitutional challenge if the prime minister pushed ahead with a double dissolution.
A1 Standoff on Picking Judges Arguments over how to change the New York State judicial selection process, which was ruled unconstitutional last month, are causing a standoff between the Assembly, which has passed legislation calling for publicly financed campaigns, and the Senate, which opposes such a measure.
During a lethal polar vortex, those homeless people finally rebel en masse and refuse to leave at night, causing a standoff with police.
The protest caused a 48-hour standoff with the police, closing three federal buildings.
For their part, Republicans defended the companies, making the billboard fees -- along with proposed taxes on casinos and cigarettes -- among the items that caused a last-minute standoff on the budget.
The contested 2001 presidential elections in which then-mayor of Antananarivo, Marc Ravalomanana, eventually emerged victorious, caused a seven-month standoff in 2002 between supporters of Ravalomanana and Ratsiraka.
The case caused a long diplomatic standoff between Pakistan and the United States, which said Davis had diplomatic immunity and should have been immediately repatriated.
One group of about 120 participants continued to bang drums, chant and dance, and began marching downtown around 6 p.m., initially causing a tense standoff with the police.
In 1981, in an incident known as "Whiskey on the rocks," a Soviet nuclear Whiskey-class submarine was stranded near a naval base deep inside Swedish waters after it ran aground, causing a diplomatic standoff.
At the other end of the dais was Mr. Huckabee, who took office in 1996 only after threatening to have Mr. Tucker impeached, after Mr. Tucker balked at resigning in an awkward four-hour standoff that nearly caused a constitutional crisis.
