Sentence examples for deadlocked to from inspiring English sources

A coalition of Christian Democrats and Free Democrats would deliver control of the upper house of Parliament, currently deadlocked, to the conservatives and give them the power to block government legislation.

The parties were deadlocked to such an extent that, according to Swainson, "It was clear to everybody that the constitution of the Province of Canada was dead".

At what point does a system designed to encourage healthy checks and balances become detrimentally deadlocked?To analyse the productivity of Congress from 1947 to 2012, Ms Binder settled on a metric: the ratio of failed measures to all salient issues on Washington's agenda.

The contest to succeed Senator Herb Kohl, the Wisconsin Democrat who is retiring, is deadlocked, according to a new Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News poll.

However, because the corporate members deadlocked 8 to 8, the bill failed.

The jury deadlocked, 8 to 4 for acquittal, on a second manslaughter count.

The full court was deadlocked, five to five, on a request for a new hearing.

But he was released with the jury deadlocked 11 to 1 in favor of conviction.

The injunction remained in place after the Supreme Court deadlocked, 4 to 4, on the case last year.

In December, a mistrial was declared in his first trial after the jury deadlocked, unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

The jury was deadlocked, 11 to 1.