Word: deadlocking
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...after Bush's veto, House Democrats attempted to override the President's decision. But the tally -- 247 to 178 -- fell 34 votes short of the two-thirds needed for approval. A solution to the deadlock may lie in a House proposal to combine a smaller increase in the minimum wage with new tax breaks for low-income workers, an approach that Bush supports. The House plan, proposed by Wisconsin Republican Thomas Petri, would expand the earned-income tax credit. The tax rule allows poor working families to take special deductions of as much as $874 a year; Petri has suggested...
...confrontation between the people of the People's Republic of China and the government created a surreal deadlock -- chaotic yet tranquil, jubilant but darkly ominous. Using lampposts and bicycle racks, bands set up barricades on the avenues leading into the heart of the city. Word spread of a military plot to deploy forces via the Beijing subway system, but the plan went awry when transit workers decided to back the striking students and shut down the power supply. "The people will win!" many exclaimed. Still, the presentiment of danger always lurked, and several dozen people reportedly were injured in clashes...
...tenth, B.U. broke the deadlock, bringing in its runner on third base with a squeeze bunt...
With two out and two on, Crusader catcher Michelle Fagnant bombed a three-run homer to break the scoreless deadlock...
After winning the third-period-swimoff, a rejuvenated Harvard squad scored before 50 seconds had expired to deadlock the game...