In the short term, it's almost certainly a bad thing.

In the long term, though... much harder to say. At the very least, I'm very pleased with Congress actually having some backbone. Even if they've made a mistake, having the backbone to make a decision, rather than just do what they're told, is an improvement over the last 7 years.

Now someone just needs to come up with a plan people can understand and see why it's probably the best idea around.

Bueller?