For those unfamiliar, this implies they would have been able to override a presidential veto, so the administration backtracking is just saving the president the embarassment of a defiant congress/disunified party.

The catch is they’re still the administration.

Hahaha I felt the same way, im like now way this is just a clean nice win, im starting to feel .... hopeful??

That wasn't what brought this change: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48593357