Your reaction is not a surprise to me, and to be brutally honest, I suspect that may be why Senators who otherwise might have expressed concerns with the direction of this bill earlier failed to speak up.
If folks are too afraid to speak up to Yank, they probably shouldn't be in the Senate in the first place...
Disappointed to see this fail, but hopefully we can work with President Nix to address some of his concerns so this can go through, though I doubt any amendment will make this issue highly interesting to The People.