It's fairly common to see legislation that the general public will not favor be passed on a bipartisan basis by a lame duck Congress, especially when you have a

It's fairly common to see legislation that the general public will not favor be passed on a bipartisan basis by a lame duck Congress, especially when you have a large number of legislators who are no longer constrained by the need to be reelected. The moderate Democrats and the establishment Republicans have the same donors.