Blunt Fails As Majority Leader

GOP members are figuring out that Roy Blunt is Tom DeLay lite: All the corruption, but without the ability to deliver votes.

In a crushing blow to the ethically embattled Majority Leader Roy Blunt (R-K Street), the House rejected the Labor, HHS, Education spending bill today. From Think Progress:

In a dramatic rebuke of conservative leadership, the House has defeated the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education spending bill for Fiscal Year 2006. This bill contains one-third of all domestic spending and deep cuts to critical government programs.

These budget votes have been billed as a major test of Blunt's leadership ability. The report cards have been issued by the GOP, and they gave Blunt an "F."