Don't you understand that they use those two to block stuff that the people want but that they don't actually want to pass? It's not even a Dem/GOP thing; it how Congress works. When the people want something that the wealthy don't want, they go through all these theatrics to make sure it doesn't pass.
And now here we are wasting bandwidth talking about an issue that won't effect the privileged position of the wealthy and politically connected at all. That's what they want.