Optics. It’s valuable to be seen supporting something that you don’t support, but a material proportion of your constituents do. And you’re comfortable supporting it because you know isn’t going to get signed. Politicians do this sort of thing all the time. Gives them the opportunity to tell voters “Hey, we tried, we just didn’t win this time. Also… need more money.”
Optics. It’s valuable to be seen supporting something that you don’t support, but a material proportion of your constituents do. And you’re comfortable supporting it because you know isn’t going to get signed. Politicians do this sort of thing all the time. Gives them the opportunity to tell voters “Hey, we tried, we just didn’t win this time. Also… need more money.”