This problem wasn't brought to their attention that long ago. These problems take time to get to Congress and then legislation has to be crafted . Then it has to make it through the whole legislative process . In this case it was from the bottom up, not from the top down, like the bills you're comparing this to.
So if you don't buy that , see how you like the Dim solution to this problem . It will be non-existent .
I voted Republican - my whole family did. Wasn't happy at all about their performance but held my nose for it. That gives me the right to complain about them spending like sailors on shore leave, and liking the power rush in the Beltway too much to do anything useful. The Democrats were more effective in the minority than all the Republicans together. The Republicans cowered everytime the MSM threw a contrived histrionic squealing fit - which was more often than a gang of 13-year old girls at a pajama party, and they left alot of unfinished business like this, like the UN, etc.