Did the valentine snow jam influence Congress?

Good news:  We paid our debt last week.  Did the weather have any say in the matter?  They voted quickly and then got the Hell out of Washington before the snow came.  All I know is that I was so sick of the B.S. surrounding the government shutdown and Senator Cruz, that I was so happily surprised that the vote was positive and quick.  Ted Cruz was on Face the Nation last week and he had the audacity to blame the government shutdown last October on the President.  On which planet does he reside?