impasse

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection — the agencies that are central to the budget impasse — are likely to be the least affected.

From Los Angeles Times

Currently, if contract talks hit an impasse, the five county supervisors can, after a complex mediation process, impose a final offer.

From Los Angeles Times

With huge pressure on Stormont's public finances and an impasse over the multi-year budget, where this money would come from is far from settled.

From BBC

Economy watchers are once again turning to a patchwork of unofficial data as another federal spending impasse has suspended government figures.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, Speaker Mike Johnson apologized for the impasse saying, “I’m sorry we’re in this situation again, it’s like Groundhog Day in a way, the bad movie.”

From Barron's