Obama proposes a slight improvement to appease his own party's electorate, House proposes something much worse to appease its own electorate (or maybe just thei

Obama proposes a slight improvement to appease his own party's electorate, House proposes something much worse to appease its own electorate (or maybe just their pay masters), and then they "compromise" in the middle, where the middle is significantly worse than the current situation, and then everyone (in the government) is happy! US politics as usual.