This is your now customary update on which Republican member of the House wins the daily lottery for the honor of being the most colossal dick in the Congress. And our winner is...this guy. From The Hill:

Rep. John Rose (R-Tenn.) objected to the third attempt by Democrats in the past week to clear a $19.1 billion package providing funds for disaster-stricken areas by unanimous consent. House members left Washington last Thursday for the Memorial Day recess and won't be back until Monday. Democrats tried to clear the bill during pro forma sessions with few lawmakers present last Friday and on Tuesday, but were met with objections from conservative Republicans who demanded a roll call vote.

"Our nation is $22 trillion in debt, trying to pass nearly $20 billion in new spending while the majority of Congress is not even in Washington," Rose said, calling the attempt to pass the disaster aid package by unanimous consent "another act of irresponsible big government."

These people have less empathy than shame, and you'd need an electron microscope to find either one. We might have to adapt the blog's First Law of Economics for this situation: Fck The Debt. People got no jobs. People got no houses.

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Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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