Just last Oct, Congress appropriated the money for 2000 new beds. Doesn't it seem logical to you that if DeLay and the others were really serious, they would have created 4000, 6000, 10000 new beds?
And what about this "get tough" House bill passed in Dec. How many new beds are in that bill?
You seem to be making the assumption that what's true of the whole must also be true of each part. Yes, Congress (as an entity) is failing to deliver, there's no question about that. That doesn't necessarily mean that DeLay himself bears part of the blame for that. At least, there'd have to be some evidence that he does, in order to justify calling him a hypocrite for the bemoaning of the lack of beds that he's done in the instant article.
As I said, the biggest problem is in the Senate.
And what about this "get tough" House bill passed in Dec. How many new beds are in that bill?
I don't know. Whatever's in that bill, I'm sure it doesn't go far enough. But that doesn't mean it shouldn't be supported. In deciding whether to support it, the only real question ought to be whether it will improve the situation or make it worse. If it'll improve the situation, then get it passed so that we can have something to build on.