Definition of "logjam" []

• An immovable mass of floating logs crowded together. (noun)
• A deadlock, as in negotiations; an impasse. (noun)

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• "Unless the logjam is broken, starting with health care reform, where the threat of a filibuster has ground Democrats 'efforts to a near halt, a scenario exists where Obama would seek re-election in 2012 by running against Republicans and a do-nothing Senate where Democrats are in the majority."
• "This logjam is caused by an inferior computer system that increases the time-per-claim processing time."
• "The only way out of this logjam is more funding - and that's not going to happen."