Well, he is not raising the cap, which is good, and two, the “pay to play right away” process is nixed. Slow progress but progress.
Cap was never going to be raised anyway.
Congress would have to raise it, and they all know they’d have to have a Death Wish to vote yea.
Occam’s Razor answer is that they just don’t want the economic disruption right now that a cold shut-down would likely bring.