Word: gridlocking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...middle by concentrating on welfare reform, reviving the middle-class tax cut and making cuts in entitlement programs. They do not claim it will be easy. "The public wants us to stand by our principles," said a White House official. "But they also want us to break gridlock. So the question becomes, How do you make political compromise honorable...
...Gridlock wasn't fully triumphant as the House voted 280 to 137 to pass President Clinton's $263.8 billion defense budget. Provisions include $3.5 billion to help laid-off defense contractors find work in civilian businesses, and a 2.6% raise for military personnel. The budget will reach the Senate shortly...
...this Gridlock, Part 2? With Democrats controlling both houses of Congress, the Clinton presidency was supposed to bring an end to the legislative bind that canceled the presidency of George Bush. True to expectations, in his first year Clinton marked up a string of successes, including NAFTA, family-leave policy and the Brady Bill. But several of them, notably the one-vote majority for his deficit-reduction plan last year, were the kind of skin-of-his-teeth victories that White House staff members joke about as "Clinton landslides...
...TIME/CNN poll shows that while only 44 percent of American's approve of the president's handling of his job, an even lower number -- 25 percent -- approve of the Congress's doings. And when asked about who they blame for the gridlock in government, 48 percent pointed their finger at the Republicans; 32 percent said it was Clinton's fault...
Sometimes the measures are even more drastic. On Memorial Day weekend last year, holiday gridlock at Yosemite forced rangers to close gates, turning away more than 750 vehicles. As a last resort, other parks, including Mammoth Cave, sell reserved tickets through a commercial agency, Mistix. David Mihalic, the former superintendent of Mammoth who now heads Glacier park, thinks rationing makes perfect sense to people: "When you go to Cinema 6 and Terminator 2 is sold out, maybe you go see another movie." Sacrificing some human concerns for nature's well-being may not please everyone, but the loss of paradise...