| The Senate's decision to have another Senate inquiry was enough for the Prime Minister to take up his usual cry about Senate obstructionism. |
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| More often than not, efforts to knit national economies into one supranational whole fall victim to obstructionism. |
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| I do think that there are gradations in the extent to which Senate obstructionism is blameworthy. |
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| It would be nice if State governments minimise also the obstructionism of their procedures. |
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| The party surely dread the kind of obstructionism they themselves practiced during the last Congress. |
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| But do the Party want to face this reshaped electorate with our reconfigured media with no other message but obstructionism? |
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| That would give the government a much-needed handle on economic policy-making, which has been hamstrung by opposition obstructionism. |
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| Octavian sought the help of the Senate, only to be met with obstructionism and outright treachery. |
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| Yet more often than not, efforts to knit together national economies fall victim to obstructionism. |
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| Thus, the New Jersey Methodist Conference of 1870 lashed out with their deepest feelings against this Romish obstructionism. |
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| We have all seen the obstructionism that has been deployed against the Boogerd-Quaak report in the last few days. |
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| In this case, however, Republicans would have to conjure three such circumstances, a plain instance of obstructionism. |
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| And, sadly, over the past few days, Canada has gone from fence-sitting to actual obstructionism. |
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| The problem of missing data stems from more than just police obstructionism or oversight. |
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| If the Democrats descend into obstructionism, the swing group could well switch back to Mr Bush's side for the next battle. |
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| These new associations are often met with suspicion and obstructionism on the part of the administrative and political structures. |
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| But in our view, that approach would be the counsel of conservatism and obstructionism. |
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| It is true that over the last 14 years the resolution has been compromised by mistakes and delays, if not outright obstructionism. |
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| Collaboration on joint projects and open debate around new alternatives should be preferred to confrontation and obstructionism. |
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| However, Albanian political life is plagued by confrontation and obstructionism. |
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| Perpetual confrontation and obstructionism negatively affect Bosnia and Herzegovina's ability to honour its commitments to the Council of Europe. |
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| And yet the same states help increase Republican obstructionism power in Washington. |
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| But the only thing these two crises have in common is that Republican obstructionism is making them worse. |
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| On the face of it, Reid and the Democrats are indulging in the obstructionism that Republicans have accused them of. |
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| The broader American public is going have a lot less patience for GOP obstructionism than it did the first time around. |
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| Given all that, the way the White House completely dropped the obstructionism charge was baffling. |
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| Democrats, for their part, have invested Norquist with sinister dark powers of obstructionism. |
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| I refer to the people who have caused the governmental process to grind to a halt over the past five years by their childish obstructionism in the legislature. |
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| We've often asked whether the party are paying a political price for their obstructionism, or for the outrageous and hateful face they so often present to the voters. |
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| Apparently, the lessons of Freddie's ongoing troubles haven't sunk in, and Fannie and Freddie have relapsed into their tired old methods of obstructionism. |
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| That they can get back a society that lives and operates under the rule of law, that is not so conflicted by obstructionism, whether it is driven by political, nationalistic or criminal corruptive influences. |
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| Constructive dialogue should replace obstructionism. |
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| The most promising mode of attack for the right may be state-led obstructionism. |
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| Thus the limited extent and depth of IMF engagement of civil society that has prevailed to date cannot on the whole be blamed on government obstructionism. |
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| Amazing how swiftly a little wind of competition can clean away decades of cartelized obstructionism. |
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| The EU considers the continued obstructionism of the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Moldovan Republic and its unwillingness to change the status quo to be unacceptable. |
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| His long-windedness can resemble obstructionism. |
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| The leadership of the secessionist Transnistrian region has continually demonstrated obstructionism and unwillingness to change the status quo, thereby impeding meaningful negotiations. |
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| The removal of Aristide means the removal of US obstructionism and thus presents a new chance for Haiti, for Haitians and for the international donor community. |
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| We often encounter indifference or have to deal with obstructionism. |
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| That was the first sign of obstructionism by the government. |
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| Obstructionism from the military, the right, and the courts prevented a full accounting or retribution against the perpetrators. |
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