Senators are all but certain to leave town next week without passing Sen. Sherrod Brown‘s (D-OH) signature rail safety bill, denying him a legislative victory before he faces Ohio voters on Nov. 5.

For a brief moment, it seemed as if the bill, crafted in the wake of the East Palestine trail derailment last year, had real momentum. All Democrats supported the legislation, while Sen. J.D. Vance, Brown’s GOP colleague from Ohio, managed to attract seven Republican votes.