God, the incestuous relationships in Washington. McConnell doesn’t want to lose his job because this gives special advantages to his wife who also has a career there.
Washington is a one-industry town. You will catch flack in Los Angeles for being down on Hollywood. You will catch it in Houston for being down on oil.
And groups like the Tea Party that want to scale back the size of government will be hit with major fire from Washington no matter where they are just for being against big and ever expanding government.
The Washington bureaucracy, Rs and Ds, are not happy with people who want to mess with their cozy lifestyles by cutting back on the blood sucking off the rest of the country.
They have it sweet in DC, and they will do whatever they think is necessary to keep it that way. And they have the power to do it.