Outstanding idea, unfortunately this is being pushed after they have lost the House. This will probably not pass at this time, because the Republicans are now pretty much purely the no party for anything that works to the benefit of the average American. So Hopefully, they retry once they control the legislature.
My problem a lot of times with the Democrats is that they wait until after they lose control of a part of the government to push forward bills that will drastically aid the American people. So I don't give them credit when they push forward a great bill they already know will not be passed. Especially since it seems once they do have the power to pass it, they forget all about the great bills they tried to pass when they did not have the seats to get it through.
If this bill fails, which I am pretty sure it will because of the Republican majority in the House, I will see if they try again when they actually are in a position to pass the bill. If they do try again when they have the power to get it passed, I will give them their laurels.
I remember what happened with Abortion Rights, and how they could have had it codified when they had control of all branches of government, but always refrained from doing it because it was such a good voting wedge issue for them. So I am leary about great bills being pushed forward when there is no real power to get them passed.