This "We don't want to hand over too much power because Hillary may win" is simple a rationalizations by gutless Senators who are afraid to do anything that might offend their Junk Media cronies.
I don't agree. I don't think this is a publicity stunt, there are concerns.
Gotta go spend the afternoon in (gag, hack) meetings with a class thrown in for comic relief. (Somebody changed all the computer systems over the summer and EVERYBODY is having to learn to log into the new system and retreive all of their files from last year.....so we attend long meetings to waste even MORE time at the task.)