Word: gridlocking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...still put a fitting capstone on an unusually solid record of congressional accomplishment. For seven years, its passage had been blocked, as pro- and anti-gun-control forces angrily debated, drafted and redrafted its language. That it finally got through signaled that the 103rd Congress was serious about breaking gridlock in its own ranks and with the White House...
Congressman David Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat, burbled, "Gridlock is what you have when the traffic isn't moving. The traffic is now moving, baby, and we're moving some pretty big trucks." Senate minority leader Bob Dole claimed a share of the credit for his party, bragging that "Republicans made a difference...
...been helped by a perception in both parties that most voters are sick of deadlock and are demanding action. The ability of a relatively small group of Senators to come close to strangling the Brady bill again proved that the potential for gridlock still exists. But their failure proves that the fear of voter anger can overcome gridlock. Dole and other G.O.P. leaders did not dare let the public think that Republicans filibustered a popular bill to death. None of which guarantees that Clinton can repeat his successes next session. Congress will reconvene in an election year, which always intensifies...
...ones Clinton may face after the 1994 elections. Losses of even two or three seats in the Senate and 20 or so in the House, regarded as normal for the President's party at midterm, would shave the Democrats' margins so thin as to perhaps bring back legislative gridlock. Greater losses could virtually end Clinton's chances for getting any important legislation passed, and the elections last week indicate that is a distinct possibility. Very far from a certainty, of course: a recent quickening in the economic recovery, if it continues and brings an upsurge in employment, could convince many...
...Harvard Professor of Government Shepsle says he thinks PR can aggravate the problem of gridlock in government because any candidate who garners a mere 10 percent of the vote will almost certainly be elected...