This says it all...

Less than two months after voting overwhelmingly to build 370 miles of new fencing along the border with Mexico, the Senate yesterday voted against providing funds to build it.
"We do a lot of talking. We do a lot of legislating," said Sen. Jeff Sessions, the Alabama Republican whose amendment to fund the fence was killed on a 71-29 vote. "The things we do often sound very good, but we never quite get there."

In other words, after loudly voting according to the perceived wishes of the voters, they now are quietly saying "yeah, but that didn't mean we plan to ACTUALLY BUILD IT."

HT: Vox Day