Word: split
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Senate split is a recipe for either unparalleled bipartisan cooperation or two years of unprecedented gridlock - and while more cynical pundits might dismiss the former as a pipe dream, Senate Democratic leaders are taking up the cause of collaboration, especially on relatively middle-of-the-road causes like education and prescription drug benefits...
...lose if their Republican counterparts snub bipartisan rhetoric - although the chamber itself will be evenly divided between the parties, Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) has not expressed any interest in opening committee leadership positions to Democrats. He has said, however, that he will consider a more equitable split among committee seats themselves in order to reflect the nearly perfect balance of power. Senator Phil Gramm, Republican of Texas, is less diplomatic in his dismissal of power-sharing schemes. "We're not 50 to 50," Gramm told the New York Times. "Fifty-one to 50 is not equal...
...strange, and ultimately sad, year for iconic lesbian couples. Actresses Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche, above, kept it simple: they laughed, they danced, they broke up. For director Julie Cypher and rocker Melissa Etheridge, things were more complex: they too split, but only after announcing, earlier in the year, that their two kids had been sired with the donated sperm of David Crosby. Bi-sexual tri-partite custody...
...Instead he's getting one last shot in at his old Republican nemeses in the House and putting the issue back in the hands of a Congress that's even more split than it was last year. Let Bush find a way to do what may be the impossible: get voters free-market-created prescription drugs at socialized-medicine prices...
TRENT LOTT Dude, you're a majority leader in name only when the Senate is split 50-50. Get ready to play well with others...