Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Government?

It's not "the Senate" that is moving on: it is the 15 members of the Senate needed to pass stimulus2 that are moving on.

Otherwise, nicely done by Ezra Klein:

EUnemployment may be at 9.7%, but the Senate is moving on: Or, at the least, they care about the deficit more. By a vote of 52 to 45, the Senate rejected a jobs package that would've extended unemployment insurance, offered some tax breaks to individuals and businesses, kept doctors in the Medicare program and more. "$77...