The Gov does not have enough on their plate with us starting the slide into a Depression, Screwing the populace on Universal Health care and who knows what else they are messing with. And now they are talking this nut?!
Not really nuts. If your world is about to end and you know it would you not take on/do everything that you wanted to before the time is up? The DEMs know they only have until 2011 to do everything they want. The 2012 election is going to change the political landscape once again so they need to push and ramp everything they can now.
Plus let's not forget the Mayan's said 12-21-2012 is the end of the world.