Sentence examples for gridlock with the from inspiring English sources

There were none of the three-hour backups that have plagued the airport in recent days, raising fears of gridlock with the Games less than two weeks away.

The rosy scenario begins with the true, if glib-sounding, observation that the Senate is already in a state of gridlock with the Democrats in control of both it and the White House.

"We can't absorb this -- these cars have no-where to go," he said, citing "massive gridlock" with the closings of one block of E Street, and Independence and Constitution Avenues.

Mr. Aso, who had until October at the latest to disband Parliament, had been under increasing pressure to do so because of his dwindling support and political gridlock with the opposition.

PAGE A6 IN ISRAELI VOTE, WINNER IS GRIDLOCK Israelis awoke to find their parliamentary elections had yielded not a new government but political gridlock, with the prospect of weeks of wrangling before the country's direction becomes clear.

But 10 months into the session, with their legislative agenda often in gridlock with the Bush administration and a big election year looming, the Democrats are now planning a lighter schedule when the 110th Congress begins its second year in mid-January.

In April 2010, they were gridlocked with the SUVs of virtually every known, and many unknown, relief agencies and military supply vehicles which responded to the earthquake's aftermath.

"I think there is a willingness in the General Assembly to disassociate themselves with things that have gone on in the past, and part of that is the gridlock with Rod Blagojevich," said Cynthia Canary, director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.

TO the extent that there is any conventional wisdom left in the nation's capital, it is that the next four years will be defined by gridlock, with neither party having the votes in Congress or the mandate to enact much of an agenda.

EXURBAN GRIDLOCK -- With the extra traffic caused by trucks carrying Amazon.com Christmas returns, the ramp connecting Routes 80 and 287 will come to a complete standstill.

Is it good enough that in every election the amount of money spent goes up and the number of people voting goes down?" Supporters and opponents of the bill said there were many reasons why it finally made it to the president after years of gridlock, starting with the fact that the soft money ban was less controversial than earlier, more sweeping calls for public financing and spending limits.