GOP bill to ban trans athletes from women’s sports blocked in Senate
- Senate Democrats voted to block a bill aimed at banning biological males from women's sports, with the vote failing along party lines, 51 to 43.
- The legislation needed 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, but no Democrats supported it, despite 79% public support for such measures, according to a New York Times poll.
- Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin described the proposed law as a 'violation of privacy' and harmful to children during the debate.
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Letter: Isle lawmakers sprint backward on Title IX | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
What a travesty. After all the hard work the late Congresswoman Patsy Mink did to get Title IX passed into law, we now have two senators representing Hawaii who set back female sports by voting to filibuster the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. How can they live with themselves? Do they not care about young girls’ safety, their ability to earn scholarships and their privacy? I hope Hawaii’s voters will express their displeasure with …
Democrats Keep Fighting To End Women's Sports, Tommy Tuberville Reacts | Hot Mic With Hutton And Withrow
Tommy Tuberville, the senior United States Senator from Alabama, is holding the Democrats accountable for their poor 'sportsmanship.’Tuberville has been immersed in a fight with Dems over his mission to save women's sports from trans athletes.The House previously passed the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act" with full GOP support, but Tommy Tuberville’s Senate version failed as all Democrats voted against it, ignoring constituents and…
THU PM Update: Witnesses at packed Assembly hearing debate school pronouns bill
From WisPolitics ... -- At a crowded Capitol hearing today, Democrats argued provisions in a GOP bill prohibiting school staff from referring to students by their preferred name and pronouns without parental permission would allow school boards to stand in...
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