Sentence examples for present gridlock from inspiring English sources

If we are lucky, the trillion-dollar coin will never have to be minted, but President Obama should consider it seriously anyway, if for no other reason than to force an end to the present gridlock.

He also advocates reducing budget votes to a simple majority, instead of the present gridlock-inducing two-thirds; and he would restore the authority the governor enjoyed from 1939 to 1983 to make cuts by himself whenever spending ran ahead of revenue.A couple of years ago there was the same degree of political aggro, but none of the inventiveness.

But talking about such things angers both China, which sees it as a step toward Taiwan's independence, and Taiwan's protector, America.For their part, the only real message the pan-blues have is that they should be elected to prevent Mr Chen from doing anything, in effect presenting gridlock as an end in itself.

Mr. Kagan's sometimes shaky reasoning is combined with a failure to grapple convincingly with crucial problems facing America today, the very problems that observers who worry about American decline have cited as clear and present dangers, including political gridlock at home, falling education scores, lowered social mobility and most important, a ballooning deficit.

That's good news, because that route leads to gridlock — and presents a real risk of reducing essential income and health supports for economically vulnerable retirees and others who depend on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Hollywood dreams of consensus, of happy endings and box office unity, but democratic government can present an interminable tale of gridlock, compromise and division.

That gulf in optimism between small and large companies seems to widen, though, during occasions of greater policy uncertainty and Washington gridlock — including the present.

New York urgently needs a nonpartisan, equitable system to redraw district lines, to be in place before the next census, since a bipartisan approach would guarantee the present system and resulting legislative gridlock.

On Monday, Highways England rejected the Freight Transport Association's proposal for a contraflow system on the M20 to ease gridlock, saying it would present a significant and unacceptable safety risk to those required to work on it.

The Texas Ethics Commission is comprised of appointees by the governor and legislature, which not only presents an inherent conflict but often leads to gridlock.

"There is too broad a consensus in favor of this policy to settle for gridlock," said Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, who presented his own proposal this week to add new green cards for highly skilled foreigners.