The legislative impasse led to friction between the chambers and resulted in the House and Senate trying other legal maneuvers to prevent the feeding tube from being removed.

The submission of the separate maps signified a hardening legislative impasse and made it increasingly likely that the courts will have to make redistricting decisions that belong in the Legislature.

New York has so far forgone about $36 million in extra highway aid because of the legislative impasse, Senator Schumer said.

It would have been even more welcome had Mr. Bruno agreed to do so months ago - before New York had forgone about $36 million in extra federal highway aid because of the legislative impasse.

The new Congress must work to break the legislative impasse.

That shift in the balance of Senate power led to one legislative impasse after another.

It was decided that a vote of no confidence could be engineered only if it were based on an actual legislative impasse.

Millions of dollars in much-needed foreign aid has been blocked because of the legislative impasse, while efforts to have elections to establish a new Parliament have been marked by delays, accusations and violence.

If that is so, would he be prepared to broker a deal adding a global warming provision to Mr. Bush's clean air proposal, thus breaking what appears to be an insurmountable legislative impasse?

A legislative impasse seems likely to extend beyond the July 1 deadline, as it has 17 times since 1977.