What do you expect?
This outgoing Congress isn't about Obama; nor is it about a "mandate for reconciliation" or a "change" from the Bush years. This is the same Congress that refused to impeach Bush and Cheney even when there were obvious charges (much beyond lying about a blowjob) against both of them (and potentially other members of the cabinet) which to his defense Kucinich brought forward and which this Congress rejected.
This is the same Congress that capitulated on war funding because they were afraid of having spines.
This is the same Congress that allowed a downright Nixonian FISA amendment to become law so that they could take their (kindergartner?) recess.
This is the same Congress that allowed wrote a blank check for the abominations of the Bush administration to continue virtually unabated from torture to bailouts to mistreating veterans, and you are surprised that they kept Lieberman?