It's absolutely true that if the bill has good enough provisions for the Dems, they should absolutely vote for it and just swallow a few conservative portions of the bill.
Hopefully moderate Dems support the compromise bill because if they do, and the bill passes, Senate moderate Democrats will be pressured to pass it.
But once again, if the bill criminalizes other undocumented populations in exchance for our legalization or mandatory everify, I wouldn't blame the Dems for letting it fail.
After all, the crafters of the compromise bill should know what to include and not to include in order to attract most Republicans and enough Dems to have it passed.
Ryan should also understand that this is also about his legacy. Its been 20-30 years since Congress has passed any major immigration legislation.
But if it doesnt pass, I got my tindr standing by haha
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