Brookings Review article by Sarah Binder (Winter 2000) ... But measuring output without respect to the agenda of salient issues risks misstating the true level of gridlock. A Congress might produce little legislation because it is truly gridlocked. Or it might be unproductive because it faces a limited agenda.
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Yet Democrats say they will pursue all avenues to break the impasse on major bills as Congress returns from recess this week. Some House lawmakers have even called on their Senate colleagues to ... The gridlock that characterized Congress in 2007 is likely to mark this year's legislative session, political experts say.
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America Asks About Politics ... The second best arrangement is a Republican president and a Democrat Congress. The gridlock limitations still apply, but the wrong priorities are in place (i.e., a GOP president will set some new morality in place, and we'll end up with a few more laws that limit our personal freedom.
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As May arrived, the U.S. Congress found it was deeply mired in stalemate and gridlock as the days and weeks fly by with little progress on key legislative fronts.
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"Before our national infrastructure succumbs to complete gridlock and Congress passes yet another gas tax increase, we should take a hard look at Congress's role and determine whether it is really necessary," Gessing concluded.
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President Barack Obama said Saturday he's seeing "unprecedented consensus" behind overhauling the U.S. health care system, though he acknowledged continued partisan gridlock in Congress.
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For years, American politics has been synonymous with gridlock. But the most monumental electoral shift in four decades has left many people wondering if the new Republican majorities in both houses of U.S. Congress will be able to avoid the partisanship that their predecessors could not.
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OnlineAthens.com is the daily online edition of The Athens (GA) Banner-Herald. ... We the people elected the president and both houses of Congress. We the people have failed to give ourselves a competent and effective government. We the people voted in gridlock.
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By Ken Thomas ... WASHINGTON (AP) – A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate ... Despite the gridlock in Congress, there could be a contingency plan: a return to Washington in December for another postelection session to try to strike a deal.
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