“The bipartisan bill that passed today was a compromise. By definition, nobody got everything they wanted. Not Democrats. Not Republicans. Not me,” Obama said. “But the Senate bill is consistent with the key principles for commonsense reform that I — and many others — have repeatedly laid out.”

The Senate Democrats’ determination to protect the path to citizenship — and attempt to line up almost 70 votes behind it — forced tradeoffs that resulted in a more conservative take on reform than Obama initially wanted.

The legislation now moves onto the House, where Republicans supporters will attempt to convince their party to accept the proposal by arguing that it’s moved far from what the White House first sought. This public relations fight could be central to whether the bill gains House traction and what further compromises may be needed to muscle immigration reform into law.

“I can promise you that this is not Obama’s bill,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a member of the Gang of Eight. “It has triggers, it has border security I could have never dreamed of. It had triggers tied to the pathway citizenship to border security. It has a more legal immigration than the AFL-CIO, Obama would have wanted. This is anything but Obama’s bill.”