Eric Cantor is holding the entire east coast of the United States hostage. Unless he gets spending cuts, he's refusing to fund disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Irene.
Looks like House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will extend his requirement that federal disaster relief be paid for by cutting spending elsewhere in the budget to Hurricane Irene.
"We aren't going to speculate on damage before it happens, period," his spokesperson Laena Fallon emails. "But, as you know, Eric has consistently said that additional funds for federal disaster relief ought to be offset with spending cuts."
I didn't think anyone could top Tom DeLay as the shittiest majority leader ever, but there you go.