Some people would insist upon putting it to a vote if they knew the other side had 51 votes to have them eliminated.
Politics is not a gentlemanly thing when it comes to basic rights. If you want to play nice, save it for the vote on where to put the statue of Dear Leader.
B$ we have enough traitors who would switch their vote. If it comes to a vote, no matter what understand they think they have, it will pass.
This is the same traitors that let health care come to a vote, and that worked out really well.
How many Dems lost their seat over that vote?