The question, Ben, is why the senate waits till the last minute

LAS VEGAS (MarketWatch)—The ability of financial markets to ignore deepening political turmoil in Washington and elsewhere has long puzzled former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

And the answer is in the 2.4T imbalance in that you loaned  one member bank the huge amount,  outside of any perceived price variation the would justify the action. You, Ben, bailed out a special member bank and put the senators way off equilibrium.