US EditionDemocrats block SAVE America Act amendment to bar transgender athletes in women’s sports
The Senate rejected an amendment that would have penalized federally funded schools for allowing transgender women athletes, with the vote split 49-41 along party lines.
- The Senate blocked an amendment to ban transgender athletes from women's sports by a 49-41 vote.
- The amendment would have penalized institutions that allowed individuals assigned male at birth to participate in women's sports programs.
- The amendment was one of President Trump's priorities for the SAVE America Act voting bill, which also seeks to require photo IDs and restrict mail-in voting.
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The bill did not receive the required 60 votes. With this, Trump suffers another defeat. It was one of the priorities upon his inauguration.
Senate Dems block SAVE America Act amendment on ‘trans’ athletes
Senate Democrats voted Saturday to defeat a Republican-sponsored amendment to the SAVE America Act that would prohibit transgender athletes from participating in girls’ or women’s sports, an issue that Republicans plan to play up in this year’s midterm elections. The Senate voted 49-41 along party lines to block the amendment sponsored by Sens. Tommy Tuberville...
Senate Democrats Block GOP on Transgender Athletes
Senate Democrats on Saturday turned back a Republican attempt to fold a nationwide ban on transgender women and girls in female sports into a broader election-law bill, keeping the sports issue out of the GOP's Safeguard American Voter Eligibility America Act for now. The chamber voted 49-41 along party lines...
Senate Democrats Kill Trump-Backed Amendment to Ban Men from Women’s Sports – For the FOURTH Time
Senate Democrats once again blocked a common-sense Republican amendment that would have protected women’s and girls’ sports from biological males competing as transgender athletes.
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