In 2013, a bill that would have abolished the lottery system was passed by a filibuster proof bipartisan majority in the Senate as a part of immigration reform. The bill would have passed in the House, with most of the support being from the Democratic side, but Paul Ryan held it back because Jeff Sessions, Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, Ginni Thomas, and other members of the right-wing pressured Ryan into keeping it from ever getting to a vote.