Hoyer Blames GOP For Afghanistan Problems, Senate For Short Work Weeks

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) responded to the apparent impatience shown by Congressional Republicans over the adoption of an Afghanistan war strategy, explaining that under GOP leadership, Afghanistan was woefully under-resourced.

“We have more people [there] than [House Minority Leader John] Boehner and his party put in Afghanistan over the last five or six years,” said Hoyer during a pen and pad session withe reporters. “We’re doing much more than they did.”

While the Majority Leader has been hesitant to tell reporters where he stands on Afghanistan, he did credit the surge in Iraq as a successful maneuver, a possible hint to the final position Hoyer will push for.

The Majority Leader also touched upon recent concerns that the House has been meeting for shorter hours, a sentiment that Hoyer sympathized with. However, Hoyer explained that the House’s slim work-weeks are a result of inactivity in the Senate.

“We have sent a lot of work to the ... Senate,” said Hoyer. “We’re waiting for them to get back.

“This is not a criticism of Harry Reid,” Hoyer added. “Senator Reid has the most frustrating job in government.”