Word: gridlock
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This week: "Mission-creep" vs. "Gridlock...
...wasn't supposed to be like this. The Democrats who rule both houses of Congress had blamed Washington's stasis on George Bush and Ronald Reagan and promised to "end the gridlock" if only voters would send a Democrat to the White House. And, to be sure, President Clinton and Congress have reduced the budget deficit, expanded trade with Mexico and Canada and passed a big anticrime bill. But as his approval ratings have dived into the low 40s, the President and his party's leaders have failed to win sufficient support among Democrats in Congress to pass such major...
...Senate, there has never been a series of filibusters blocking movement of bills to conference. This has been total obstruction." He neglects to note, however, that Democrats joined in much of the obstruction. And the response of voters is mixed. They tell pollsters they don't like gridlock, yet they said they favor divided government 47% to 37% in a recent TIME poll. When nothing happens, frustrated voters lay most of the blame on the Democrats, who are in charge. Says Hastings Wyman, who has published the Southern Political Report for 16 years: "Anti-incumbency is part of this...
CONGRESS: The High Price of Gridlock...
Over the past few years, Americans have come to realize that Congress is an institution characterized by gridlock, unresponsiveness to constituent concerns and a lack of accountability. Recent polls show that Congress as a whole is even less popular than President Bill Clinton...