You must have missed it. Bush (our man, after all) is all for this. Some would call it craven political calculation.
Or, you could call it the "handwriting on the wall." No one was going to stop this, and anyone who was in any way viewed as trying was not getting re-elected. Some in the Hosue can get away with it, but not Bush or any state-level candidate. I think there is a time when even good leaders (which I think Bush is) know that there is nothing to be won by fighting certain battles. I think this bill will become law, will be a bad law, and will eventually (like welfare) be thrown out when it becomes a "crisis." Sad, but that's the American mentality.