The big mistake the Repubs made was not in this sorry piece of cr*p legislation, but in originally doing the fiscal cliff legislation. It set up a lose-lose situation for the Repubs and a win-win for the Dems if for no other reason than that the USSA One Party Press would paint the Repubs as the bad ones no matter what. Thus no reason for the Dems to be reasonable.
How are we any different with the USA mass media than that of the old USSR where Pravda/Tass was a One Party Media. Dittos here too.
Nikita S. Khrushchev would be shocked at the growing socialism of the “American people.” They aren’t much “American” at all any more.