A) Lopez and Brown have been shorting the living snot out of their own company shares for the last 3 years or receiving kick backs from those that are.
or
B) They know that they have a snowballs chance in hell of getting this vote passed.
Cheers
Disclaimer - I am not a basher, disgruntled ex-employee, hedge fund employee etc etc. I am a regular guy who is fed up with people being scammed.