Is this an example of GOP cooperation?

Yup. Just like they are opposing spending the remainder of TARP on grants to small banks to make loans to small businesses. They prate about being for small business all the time but will object to any attempt made by this administration to help them, just so they can prove how much "power" they have. It's not about the country, it's about getting their own way, and if they are given their own way by the Obama administration, then they don't want it!