House Republicans approved their measure to restrict transgender students from playing on women’s sports teams on a 219-203 vote Thursday morning.— is a key part of the GOP’s education agenda and mirrors more than 20 laws that have been adopted in states across the country.
During debate over the bill on Wednesday, several GOP lawmakers argued the bill was necessary because of the Biden administration’s new proposed Title IX rule on athletics eligibility that would allow transgender girls to play sports with some limitations. Democrats pushed back by invoking Utah Gov. Spencer Cox in their defense of transgender women and girls.
“We will not let anti-LGBTQI+ Republicans — who have refused to work with us on addressing real gender equity issues— use ‘protecting women’ as an excuse to attack trans youth,” said Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Lois Frankel in a statement. “When my Republican colleagues want to join with us to address the actual pressing issues impacting girls’ and women’s sports, I stand ready to work with them.
“Rather than focus their energy on doing literally anything to improve the lives of children, House Republicans have prioritized attacking transgender youth purely as a political ploy,” Robinson said.
ONE good move for the republicans so far
It is about time..something has to stop this insanity
Dems can bury their heads and ignore this at their political peril…but this wedge issue will stick with a LOT of constituencies Dems need to GOTV. Hispanics, Urban voters, Suburban moms, and working class white males.
I thought state’s rights were the important thing?
Why are we allowing ignorant politicians to make scientific and medical decisions for us?
This will help with inflation… as they promised
Like it will ever pass the Senate. Love how the folks who call themselves the party of freedom concentrate on taking away freedoms.
Yet another performative bullshit bill that has zero chance of being debated in the Senate, let alone becoming law.
Hey Kevin, is this the inflation fighting item you people campaigned on?
Happy to see they are hard at work on the issues that matter most to the American people rather than wasting time on the economy, gun violence, the debt ceiling etc. 🙄
Why are Republicans obsessed with a tiny fraction of a segment of the population, and not issuing a Budget? Most people in the US will never even encounter a Trans person.
Which about 85% of the public support UNRESERVEDLY.
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