Yep, you’re EXACTLY right. If you watch the PBS show, you’d see they HAD THE VOTES for Amnesty in the House and were literally just hours away from passing it...and then Brat lost, which bought us enough time for Trump to win. I don’t think I could survive any more of that drama.
As far as Rubio/Rush goes...I’ll ping you if Rush ever mentions him again - it will be interesting, especially considering the way Rubio nearly derailed Tillerson - someone that Rush likes a lot.