What else though? There is no "long-term" for politicians that have to face another election in less than 4 years.
"This will happen in 10+ years" is just a thinly-veiled "We aren't going to do it.". If we can't get any short term commitments and hold people accountable for it, nothing substantial will get done.
They will organize via TikTok, or whatever social media dujour, and stop life as we know it.
Just keep bickering.
Politicians used to have long term vision though. See the American founding fathers, Churchill, de Gaulle, etc.
Something changed, it wasn't always like that
There wasn't an attempt to compromise. Every Republican Representative could have attempted an amendment to temper language they didn't like. There could have been a debate on the merits of the resolution.
It was turned into a hit piece so every time AOC is mentioned in social media some smarmy user pops up and screeches about hamburgers or cow flatulence.