Bull. The House and Senate did work together.
They also wrote a script for the Kabuki play of it’s passage.
The script has the Senate as the heroes who save the day.
That’s what is so familiar about this.
The house has more vulnerable members who get elected more frequently. The Senators are up only every 6 years and they have their filibuster rule that will kill just about anything. Ehen it doesn’t apply they need just a few “concerned senators” for the remainder to hide behind.
You are right. It truly is theater.