You’re implying that things would be different with the GOP in majority. Guess again - experience has shown us that the GOP is riddled with traitors who are too chickenshit to go near the eligibility issue.
Valid point ... unless NY-23 is a harbinger of a substantive change in GOP applied values (although, as you note, many established members of the GOP contingent would still have to be dragged kicking and screaming into actually taking action).