"the Repubs in Congress, especially in the House"

During the 100 day deadline Obama imposed on himself, The Republicans did not have the majority. The Democrats had the majority.
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The bill was approved in an anticlimactic 307-to-114 roll call.

Even if the Senate approves the measure, a more difficult question remains: what to do with those detainees who cannot be put on trial but are deemed too dangerous to transfer or let go.

Mr. Obama has set a deadline of Jan. 22 to close the prison, which houses suspects captured in American military operations after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The prison has become a focus of controversy, with critics saying that holding people there indefinitely without charges is contrary to American precepts.

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WASHINGTON — In a rare, bipartisan defeat for President Barack Obama, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to keep the prison at Guantanamo Bay open for the foreseeable future and forbid the transfer of any detainees to facilities in the United States.

Democrats lined up with Republicans in the 90-6 vote

that came on the heels of a similar move a week ago in the House, underscoring widespread apprehension among Obama's congressional allies over voters' strong feelings about bringing detainees to the U.S. from the prison in Cuba.