

WASHINGTON - MAY 15: House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (C) holds a last-minute news conference with House Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) (L) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) at the U.S. Captiol May 15, 2008 in Washington, DC. The impromptu news conference was called after House Republicans voted "present" on a $163 billion war funding bill, effectively defeating the bill that Democrats expected to pass. Leaders from both parties accused each other of playing politics with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)