Environmental Policy: Take home test.
             I concur that, Washington does focus on policy gridlock. I can see many reasons behind doing less rather t Environmental Policy: Take home test.
             an doing more from a Washington point of view and elected officials are to look like work is being completed when it is not. Webster's definition of gridlock is ": a traffic jam in which a grid of intersecting streets is so completely congested that no vehicular movement is possible, along with policy defined as: prudence or wisdom in the management of affairs." Combining those two definitions can be stated as a jam in intersecting policy bills in which policies are at a standstill. This happens quite frequently with environmental policy in governmental legislation because it is such a sensitive item.
             Washington seems make a jump toward environmental policy with large strides is largely result when other issues in Congress or Executive Brach are running smoothly. As pointed out in by Vig that Presidential policy toward environmental issues stems support from his constituencies in the House and Congress. And it is the case with democratic presidents like Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, which tend to favor environmental issues rather than republicans, Vig's states, "Both Presidents were forced by competing priorities and lack of public and congressional support to compromise their environmental agendas." (Vig, 120). So even with environmental ideas achieving any environmental legislation passed is a tiring event. The "window of opportunity "as I see it is when the economy is rolling and things are running smooth when the American public looks to improving its surroundings and a big issue is clear air and water which impacts relatively every American in the United States. At least not yet can a president pitch a platform on environmentalism and get elected, as I see the big picture this is what the whole es...