Rep. Steny Hoyer
This is called
being part of the problem.
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Monday that he and other House centrists are working to put together a “concrete” deficit-reduction compromise before the November elections. [...]
Hoyer at a Third Way event, argued that a time of divided government is an good time to find a solution on the debt and that a day after the next election, the 2014 elections will start to loom before members of Congress, a prospect that would encourage more delay. [...]
Hoyer would not say how far along talks on a bipartisan package are and indicated that the group discussing a grand bargain remains small. [...]
Hoyer said there is a "broad consensus" that a compromise must be "big, bold and balanced," and would resemble the report of the Bowles-Simpson fiscal commission.
Hoyer, like his Third Way cronies, is still grasping at the straw that "balanced" and "bipartisan" could be achieved in this Congress. Of course, to their minds balance is achieved by making sure that somebody—usually old people—suffers so that millionaires and billionaires might have one or two fewer tax loopholes. With negotiators like Hoyer, it's a good thing House Republicans refuse to make deals.