Does distracting the U.S. civilians really allow the senate to "sneak" bills through?

I call BS. Now if we had an actual vote on some of these things, and we were carrying on about Melania’s foolishness and missed the vote, I could understand the logic.
However, there are those in the senate who vote for us and they aren’t distracted.
To me it’s like someone driving a car. As long as the driver is focused, and not distracted, then we, the passengers can afford to think about some other things.