gridlock
僵局,瘫痪,胶着状态,胶着
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- : the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- : the blocking of an intersection by vehicular traffic entering the intersection but unable to pass through it.
- : any situation in which nothing can move or proceed in any direction: a financial gridlock due to high interest rates.
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It’s very easy to see the Senate descending into one of its most gridlocked periods in an era already marked by gridlock.
Hendricks says removing this provision, which essentially lets one party veto measures it doesn’t like, would be helpful in eliminating some of the gridlock.
On Wednesday, the 10-year Treasury moved above 1 percent for the first time since March, as the outcome of the Georgia Senate race seemed to indicate the possibility of less gridlock, making another stimulus a more realistic possibility.
On Wednesday, congressional leaders neared an agreement on a roughly $900 billion relief package after months of partisan gridlock.
To be sure, Wall Street’s pundits and market strategists, along with plenty of journalists and even some top academics, are touting divided government gridlock as great news for the markets.
So is partisan gridlock just a symptom of how we raise our kids?
Most of all, Orman reflects a bubbling Main Street frustration with hyper-partisan gridlock.
Such admiration for the American system sounds strange in this era of gridlock and bickering.
Yes, gridlock frustration and national debt nausea are understandable.
So today, gridlock in Washington simply mirrors who we are and where America is.
Then our nation was gripped by economic distress, social decline, political gridlock.