- Group that includes 9/11 commissioners urges Congress to create similar Jan. 6 panel — Ad buy comes as congressional leaders remain gridlocked on commission contours. https://www.rollcall.com/2021/05/10/group-that-includes-9-11-commissioners-urges-congress-to-create-similar-jan-6-panel/ 26 comments politics
- Welcome the 113th U.S. Congress: systemically-corrupt, historically-gridlocked, incredibly unpopular. http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/2521-welcome-the-113th-u-s-congress-systemically-corrupt-historically-gridlocked-incredibly-unpopular?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+opencongresscongressgossipblog+%28open+congress+blog%29 76 comments politics
- Gridlock in Congress Has Amplified the Power of the Supreme Court https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/02/us/supreme-court-congress.html 15 comments law
- Gridlock in Congress Has Amplified the Power of the Supreme Court https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/02/us/supreme-court-congress.html 27 comments politics
- Congress Is Finding Its Way Through the Gridlock https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-11/congress-is-finding-its-way-through-the-partisan-gridlock 9 comments politics
- Congress’s inability to break gridlock could mean working through the holidays in Washington https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congress-trump-coronavirus-rand-paul/2020/12/11/797aa642-3bc8-11eb-98c4-25dc9f4987e8_story.html 18 comments politics
- Congress is briefly reconvening, under pressure from Trump and Biden to pass a COVID-19 stimulus bill after months of gridlock https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-pressure-pass-covid-19-stimulus-brief-window-2020-11 5149 comments politics
- Litigation against executive branch by coalitions of states grows in response to unilateral actions by president and gridlocked Congress https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/litigation-against-executive-branch-by-coalitions-of-states-grows-in-response-to-unilateral-actions-by-president-and-gridlocked-congress/2019/08/24/34267560-c5bf-11e9-b72f-b31dfaa77212_story.html?noredirect=on 10 comments politics
- Gridlock in Congress may suggest more of the same to come http://dpo.st/2dp3gdi 5 comments politics
- Gridlock is the Top Reason Americans Are Critical of Congress http://www.gallup.com/poll/163031/gridlock-top-reason-americans-critical-congress.aspx 5 comments politics
- "Mitch McConnell did not become the majority leader by cooperating. His single strategic insight is that voters do not blame Congress for gridlock, they blame the president, and therefore reward the opposition." http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/democrats-have-2-choices-gridlock-or-disaster.html?mid=rss 288 comments politics
- A gridlocked Congress failed to do the big things: overhauling the nation's immigration system, reforming the loophole-cluttered tax code and stiffening background checks on gun buyers. Now it's time to see whether it can just do the basics http://bigstory.ap.org/article/lawmakers-face-long-do-list-uncertain-success 47 comments politics
- Gridlock in Congress? Blame the GOP - CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/21/opinion/zelizer-congress-polarization/index.html 3 comments politics
- JPMorgan Internal Document Predicts 'Gridlocked' Congress 'Without Any Landmark Legislation' http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/09/jpmorgan-congress-gridlock-document-_n_781251.html 3 comments politics
- Sinema out, Warnock in – Democrats narrowly control the Senate and Republicans the House, but gridlock won’t be the biggest problem for the new Congress https://theconversation.com/sinema-out-warnock-in-democrats-narrowly-control-the-senate-and-republicans-the-house-but-gridlock-wont-be-the-biggest-problem-for-the-new-congress-195182 18 comments politics
- Biden says ditching the filibuster would throw Congress ‘into chaos’ and lead to gridlock. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/us/politics/biden-filibuster-chaos.html 132 comments politics
- Democrats Want To Bring Earmarks Back As Way To Break Gridlock In Congress https://www.npr.org/2020/12/09/944314781/democrats-want-to-bring-earmarks-back-as-way-to-break-gridlock-in-congress 29 comments politics
- Congress gridlocked as budget and immigration deadlines loom and Trump blames Democrats https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/05/world/politics-diplomacy-world/congress-gridlocked-budget-immigration-deadlines-loom-trump-blames-democrats/#.wnf2maiwbdc 7 comments politics
- With Congress gridlocked, Scott Walker wants Trump to OK drug tests for state health coverage http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/27/congress-gridlocked-scott-walker-wants-trump-ok-drug-tests-state-health-coverage/99695762/ 11 comments politics
- Can the States Save American Democracy? | "Now, with Congress often gridlocked by Republicans from those safe districts, the initiative on reform has shifted to the states." http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/opinion/can-the-states-save-american-democracy.html?smid=tw-share&referer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2Frjcoqmbnx6&_r=0 4 comments politics
- Congressional gridlock has doubled since the 1950s "... In the 80th Congress (1947-1948), fewer than 30 percent of significant issues were left unlegislated. Contrast that with the 112th Congress (2011-2012), which left 71 percent of major issues unlegislated." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/05/28/congressional-gridlock-has-doubled-since-the-1950s/?tid=rssfeed 32 comments politics
- Congress isn’t gridlocked — it’s just totally irresponsible - The Hill - covering Congress, Politics, Political Campaigns and Capit http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/241469-congress-isnt-gridlocked-its-just-totally-irresponsible- 8 comments moderatepolitics
- Obama's Weekly Address: Americans, Urge Congress to End The 'Gridlock' Hindering Economic Growth http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/08/obamas-weekly-address-americans-urge-congress-to-end-the-gridlock-hindering-economic-growth.html 3 comments politics
- Congress deeply unpopular again as gridlock on coronavirus relief has real-life consequences https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congress-deeply-unpopular-again-as-gridlock-on-coronavirus-relief-has-real-life-consequences/2020/07/31/6d2f10c4-d36a-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_pkcapitol-935am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans 59 comments politics
- Merry Christmas!: Government enters shutdown after Trump border-wall demands leave Congress in gridlock https://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-trump-border-wall-demands-deadlocks-congress-2018-12 34 comments politics
- Who Broke Congress? Dennis Hastert, Former Speaker, Breaks Two-Year Silence to Deny Role in Gridlock http://www.newsweek.com/congress-gingrich-hastert-681653 8 comments politics
- Poll: 50 percent say GOP majority is bad - "Half of the public says that Republican control of Congress will be bad for the country and cause more gridlock, according to a new CNN/ORC poll." http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/225556-poll-50-percent-say-gop-majority-bad-for-country 115 comments politics
- "Washington is too gridlocked to attract the kind of results-oriented politicians we need to break the gridlock. So the question remains: who will run for Congress?" Congressman: "The people who are so partisan this is fun for them." Daily Show: "So...assholes?" http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-july-25-2013/a--holes-wanted 3 comments politics
- Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game - Everyone hates Congress, but the gridlock is not the fault of our politicians, it's the fault of our broken system. http://cagedwisdom.org/?p=404 8 comments politics
- Harry Reid exits the ring: In an era of political gridlock, Congress loses a leader who got things done for the West. http://www.hcn.org/issues/49.3/harry-reid-exits-the-ring 4 comments politics
- Sequestration:It was designed to be the budget cut so painful, so indiscriminate, so downright mindless that even a gridlocked Congress wouldn’t allow it to happen http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-no-fiscal-cliff-deal-in-sight-sequestration-seems-all-but-certain/2012/12/29/3575a584-51d7-11e2-950a-7863a013264b_story.html?hpid=z1 59 comments politics
- Republican majorities struggle to get Congress working - "When Republicans swept into power last November, they promised a new era of productivity and discipline that would break four years of gridlock. "America's New Congress," they called it." http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-gop-congress-assessment-20150215-story.html 350 comments politics
- Gridlock Is Top Reason Americans Are Critical of Congress -- Nearly four in five Americans in June disapprove of job Congress is doing http://www.gallup.com/poll/163031/gridlock-top-reason-americans-critical-congress.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=all%20gallup%20headlines 7 comments politics
- How to Fix Washington: Elect Generation X. Baby Boomers in Congress have given us gridlock; research shows Gen Xers will be more productive. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/how-to-fix-washington-elect-generation-x-213566 4 comments politics
- Hillary Clinton just threw the kitchen sink at Bernie Sanders over his 'in theory' proposals. "Of Sanders' universal healthcare proposal, she said that while it was great "in theory," it wouldn't be able to pass through Congress and would create a "divisive debate" that would end in gridlock." http://uk.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-iowa-healthcare-proposals-2016-1?r=us&ir=t 55 comments politics
- FEC Chair Ann Ravel Says Agency Is 'Worse Than Dysfunctional' At Regulating Money In Politics: "'Congress set this place up to gridlock,' said Lee E. Goodman, a Republican commissioner. 'This agency is functioning as Congress intended. The democracy isn't collapsing around us.'" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/03/fec-ann-ravel-dysfunctional_n_7197360.html 3 comments politics
- Harvard-Smithsonian global warming skeptic helps feed strategy of doubt, gridlock in Congress - Over the last dozen years, he has received research funding of more than a $1.2 million from sources such as ExxonMobil; Southern Company, a foundation run by the Koch brothers http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/11/05/harvard-smithsonian-global-warming-skeptic-helps-feed-strategy-doubt-gridlock-congress/uhssyo1anowsilw0v1ycuj/story.html 27 comments politics
- An experiment casts teens from around the country and the world in the roles of congressmen, presidential candidates, lobbyists, reporters — all the ingredients in America’s current legislative gridlock. Yet in the course of four days, the students pass more legislation than Congress has this year. http://nationaljournal.com/features/restoration-calls/what-a-mock-congress-can-teach-the-real-one-20120321?page=1 3 comments politics
- Ten days left: Is deficit 'super committee' feeling heat of public opinion? -- Public expectations are low that Congress's 'super committee' can strike a deal to shrink huge US deficit, polls show. But Congress's image is likely to take another hit if gridlock again prevails. http://www.csmonitor.com/usa/politics/2011/1114/ten-days-left-is-deficit-super-committee-feeling-heat-of-public-opinion 3 comments politics
- How Washington Gridlock Delays High-Speed Broadband to Rural U.S. - Former Congressman Rick Boucher talks about how Congress and electric power lines could break the federal government’s net neutrality deadlock https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-washington-gridlock-delays-high-speed-broadband-to-rural-u-s/ 4 comments technology