Word: gridlocking
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...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...
...Many cooks prospectively spoiling the broth is PR's form of gridlock," Shepsle warns...
...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...
...gospel of deficit reduction. Cabinet officers and senior officials were scheduled by war-room operatives for radio interviews and courtesy calls on lawmakers. The Democratic National Committee released a 30-second television ad that will run in four states -- Arizona, Nebraska, Nevada and Wisconsin -- blasting the "forces of gridlock" without mentioning that the chief culprits are a handful of Democrats...
Unfortunately, the Republicans in Congress aren't complying, for the most part. In voting against the Clinton budget in a unanimous block, they look like the sources of gridlock, not activity. Their tepid efforts to devise an alternative package weren't promoted early enough or publicized hard enough. Smaller Republican efforts to play up the White House "Travelgate" scandalette are likely to be both ineffective and counterproductive. Attorney General Janet Reno, who was bypassed in the White House use of a few FBI agents, doesn't seem particularly distressed. And if representatives and senators think every case of political cronyism...