House Majority Loser, Steny Hoyer

Incredible asshole Steny Hoyer, is twisting arms for yeas on a bill that trades $11 billion in domestic spending pet projects, in exchange for continued funding of the war... of course, with no timelines, of course with no oversight, of course with not a single briefing from the Pentagon to Congress. This bill makes it flat-out look like the Democrats have stopped caring.

House Democratic leaders could complete work as soon as Monday on a half-trillion-dollar spending package that will include billions of dollars for the war effort in Iraq without the timelines for the withdrawal of combat forces that President Bush has refused to accept, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said yesterday. [...]


Democratic leadership aides expressed confidence that Boehner and Blunt will not be able to keep enough Republicans away from a bill that funds the war, popular domestic programs and their own pet projects, known as earmarks. With a long holiday break beckoning, few lawmakers will be in the mood for a protracted standoff. [...]
Hoyer struck a pragmatic tone, pushing for Congress to adjourn for the year by the end of next week. He suggested that Democrats need to divorce their goal of ending the war from the battle over funding.

The sliver of good news is that a few members are quite peeved at Hoyer and Reid and might start squealing to the press their displeasure as early as the middle of next week.

Hoyer is an insufferable prick, my friends who work for him and those of us who have to work with him, perhaps only avoid Rham Emmanuel and Tony Weiner more.