"Partisan gridlock" refers to a situation where politicians from different political parties cannot agree on important issues and therefore cannot move forward with making decisions or passing laws. It means that party loyalty and disagreements hinder progress and cooperation between opposing sides, often leading to a standstill in government functioning.
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Sentences with «partisan gridlock»
- Suozzi thanked all his opponents for «running a positive campaign» and said he was running in the hopes of changing the «culture» of partisan gridlock in Congress. (newsday.com)
- Arguing that the challenge of climate change «does not pause for partisan gridlock,» Obama told a Georgetown University audience that his Climate Action Plan would cut carbon pollution and «protect our country from the impacts of climate change.» (news.stlpublicradio.org)
- In his February State of the Union speech, Obama said that if Congress won't pass climate - change legislation — a virtual certainty given partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill — then his administration will do as much as it can using its existing authority. (theatlantic.com)
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