That was a rhetorical question, right?
Because EVERYONE knows the answer: Because they are getting PAID.
And I contend that includes Ted Cruz.
Ted Cruz is the Republican Obama and he's getting paid, with a single layer of separation by his Wife's company, Goldman Sachs.
DC is always about money and the urgency is because the GOP want all this awful stuff crammed down on the Kenyan’s watch for a sliver of deniability.
Now we know why Cromnibus was so critical. The GOP & the kenyan had all this set up. The next 1 1/2 years will be BOHICA over and over for Main Street as we get tag teamed by the beltway GOP and Obama.
The Marxist in the White House is on a rampage and there is no engaged opposition party to stop him. These are dark, dark times.
I fear you are correct.
The only way out of this mess is if we get a President who revokes or improves every US trade deal. None of the wannabees except Trump has come close to saying anything near that.