Legislators will have until the end of March to pass a plan that sufficiently reduces gridlock, or face the loss of those promised federal funds.
"The gridlock he faces from Republicans, especially in the House, is extremely obstructionist to his agenda, so when he runs into Democrats who are blocking him, it becomes insurmountable".
The gap in spending underscores facts easily lost amid the president's low approval ratings, his challenges in winning over independent voters and the gridlock he faces in Washington: Mr. Obama brings unmatched financial resources to the campaign trail, and a team with a well-honed sense of where and how to deploy money, people and technology.
America's air-transport system is facing gridlock.
Mr. Mica told reporters after the meeting, "You're going to be facing gridlock and meltdown in metropolitan New York City".
However, after failing to intervene in Syria and facing gridlock in Congress, it is unlikely that Obama would be willing to sacrifice the political capital to stage an intervention before the mid-term elections this November.
Trying to cross the Williamsburg bridge at rush hour almost always means facing gridlock, and when the L train shuts down in 2019 some worry that things could get even worse with more people commuting by car.
That leaves us facing political gridlock between the sensible but cowardly party and the greedy, sociopathic party.
"We are facing a gridlock crisis at the world's busiest border crossing," Hoffa says.
Facing political gridlock on Capitol Hill and abroad, the PCAST scientists opted to highlight steps that PCAST member Daniel Schrag, a geochemist and energy expert at Harvard University, said the president "could push for and achieve".
