When he blames voters it’s obvious he’s not talking about the ones who vote Democrat.

(The Hill) — House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer suggested Tuesday that voters are to blame for the partisan bickering and standoffs that have defined Congress this year.

The Maryland Democrat said voters are “absolutely right” to think that “Congress isn’t working very well.” But that dysfunction, he said, is largely of their own making.

“The American people have every right to be angry [and] disappointed by the performance of the Congress,” Hoyer told reporters in the Capitol. “Of course, the American people have also elected people with hard stances, so that to some degree the American people are realizing the results of their votes.

“If elections have consequences — which I think they do — some of those consequences are getting what you vote for,” Hoyer added. “In this case, many people voted for people who thought compromise was not something that they ought to participate in.”

In response to the economic downturn and deficit spending, voters last year sent scores of Republicans to Capitol Hill to fight the rising debt.

Many of the freshman Republicans have taken a hard stand against government spending. As a result, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has been unable to pass some of the biggest budget bills of the year without Democratic support — an odd dynamic that has prolonged debate on the year’s must-pass spending proposals, several of which have bumped up against the deadline for a government shutdown.