Sentences with phrase «at an impasse»

On a more fundamental level, the negotiations remain at an impasse over a collection of U.S. proposals dubbed «poison pills» by U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue, including the proposed sunset clause, an extreme approach to rule of origins for the auto and textile / apparel sectors, and measures that would undermine investment protection, government procurement, and trade in seasonal produce.

Tompkins County lawmakers remain at an impasse over how to redevelop the former county library site.

In New York City, the Bloomberg Administration and Council of Supervisors and Administrators (CSA) are currently at an impasse in their negotiations.

The company and the union are at an impasse with issues like healthcare, offshoring call center jobs, work rules and pensions.

Stakeholders have been awaiting word of a new «New York / New York» deal, as the previous three city - state supportive housing plans have been called, but with negotiations at an impasse, de Blasio said the city couldn't wait for Albany any longer.

The Port Authority has been at an impasse for years now, with Foye serving on an interim basis while the Port has tried, and failed, to find a permanent CEO — an integral part of the governors» post-Bridgegate reform efforts.

Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have remained at an impasse since Sen. Pedro Espada (D - Bronx) helped Republicans overturn the Democratic majority leadership, a move Democrats have since called illegal.

I can rarely convince him to swing onto the sweet side, and I'm pretty set in my ways, so most of the time we're left at an impasse.

She's just at an impasse where she doesn't know what she's going to do from day to day.»

As someone who loves both physical books and the Kindle, I'm often put at an impasse when the time comes to buy a new book.

Religion News Service: Jewish and Christian groups at impasse over U.S. aid to Israel An established interfaith group is in danger of disintegrating as major American Jewish groups and prominent mainline Protestant churches differ over U.S. aid for Israel - a long - standing argument that the group was established, in part, to diffuse.

Though both conservative and liberal approaches have failed, we are not necessarily at an impasse.

But the two sides are clearly at an impasse.

We are therefore at an impasse, and as fans we need to take a deep breath and accept that to all intents and purposes this season is over.

The Company then claimed it was continuing to bargain the layoffs in good faith, but it made not one change before announcing those talks at an impasse.

Under the existing system, contract talks that are at an impasse go to three - member arbitration panels.

On Monday, with negotiations seemingly at an impasse, Mr. Paterson inserted sweeping cuts to health care spending in the latest emergency bill, essentially forcing lawmakers to accept a portion of his budget proposal.

With theory at an impasse, the next breakthrough in physics is likely to come from an experiment.

With House and Senate leaders at an impasse over 2014 spending, many observers expect Congress to extend 2013 spending levels into the new fiscal year, which begins on 1 October.

Right now, I believe that, collectively, we're all at that impasse where we all need to come to the table, and all take some responsibility for making sure this never happens again.

Congressional leaders have agreed to most of a broad plan to reform the District of Columbia schools, but remained at an impasse last week over a tuition - voucher proposal championed by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R - Ga.

That left the pricey problem up to the Republican - controlled legislature, which is now at an impasse over the issue.

Baltimore's school board and teachers union are at an impasse after 14 months of contract negotiations and have asked that a mediator take over.The two sides issued a joint statement Tuesday afternoon saying that they are «headed into mediation.»

A prolonged spat over e-book pricing has consumers frustrated, authors losing income and a long - standing relationship at an impasse.

A wide range of dog collars often puts owners at an impasse: what to choose?

This leads visitors back to a large charcoal drawing, «Untitled No. 18» from 1958, where you can see him sketching out vague shapes; then to several of his collages placed around the room; and finally to his paintings, which suddenly register as paintings sprung from collages, with their juxtaposed elements functioning, as Ms. de Kooning puts it, like «action caught at an impasse» to create «an art of interruption.»

«Federal law enforcement and leading technology companies have long been at an impasse about how to balance digital privacy for consumers against the responsibility of federal agents and police to investigate crimes or terrorism.»

As this discussion of an idealized expert progresses, however, you might find yourselves at an impasse.

When they get stuck at an impasse, they usually take a step back and remember that a compromise is far better than paying $ 30,000 or more in attorney fees to roll the dice in court.

And you just might come across someone at an impasse whose life you could touch profoundly.

They are at an impasse in contract negotiations, according to statements from the Tompkins County Workers» Center and the Ithaca Teachers Association.

The latest round of talks over Nafta concluded last week in Washington with Canada, the United States and Mexico still at an impasse over the future of the agreement.

The sides have been at an impasse since October.

Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 14, 323 - 330; and Johnston, J.R. (1999) Developing and testing group interventions for families at impasse.

Cos we have been at an impasse for years now.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republicans in the Senate remain at an impasse over gun control legislation — just days before the governor's State of the State address.

Swansea are thought to be holding out for # 50m and their manager Paul Clement has suggested negotiations are currently at an impasse.

Greece is making headlines again for being at another impasse with its European creditors and the IMF.