Sentence examples for deep impasse from inspiring English sources

WASHINGTON — Just 72 hours before a deadline to present Congress with a plan to cut $1.2 trillion from the nation's deficit, members of a joint Congressional committee remained at a deep impasse on Friday after Democrats rejected a new Republican proposal devised with the help of Speaker John A. Boehner.

The cadence of each was the same, though the words reflected the deep political impasse that has gripped the country since protests began in mid-February.

In doing so, political analysts said, he thrust the coalition deeper into impasse on broad aspects of its legislative program, and raised the prospects of a collapse even before 2015.

Last summer, House Republicans balked at raising the debt ceiling without deep spending cuts, an impasse that led to the lowering of the country's debt rating from Standard & Poor's.

It was the second consecutive week they reached such an impasse, highlighting deep divisions on how to find the money to keep the Greek economy afloat and prevent contagion in the euro zone even as the country's debt prospects worsen.

If the deeper aspects of the impasse continue, Democratic strength will continue to grow.

But with Democrats rejecting the Republicans' latest proposal, it is unclear whether the committee can overcome the impasse and avoid deep cuts to federal services and defense spending.

"Frequently in her writings a misshapen body was but a sign of man's incapacity to expand, to give of himself completely or to receive love — an impasse fraught with deep anguish," Ms. Carr wrote.

Sheriff Jarvis was speaking about a bizarre impasse in the deep woods of northern Idaho with the six inhabitants of a ramshackle house whom the authorities described as armed and scared.

However, the real problem in solving the political impasse may lie deeper.

Alistair Darling, the chancellor, has met with business representatives and set up a committee to review Britain's corporate-tax system.However the impasse is resolved, two deeper problems remain that are likely to be revisited.