'You know, some of us have been talking about this for years,' Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) told Axios. He's a centrist, border-district Democrat who voted both times for the bill.'
'I think after people saw what happened with the election, you definitely are seeing more people realize that what happens at the border is very important to the voters,' Cuellar said.
'If the bill can't get the seven Democratic votes it needs to pass the Senate, that's a reason why we lost,' said Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), co-sponsoring the bill.
One House Democrat indicated that some votes flipped because 'it was not the same bill as last year' with less criticism of the Biden administration's immigration policy.
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