Politics
Bill restricting transgender student athletes stalls in the Senate
The Senate failed to advance a measure to restrict transgender students from playing on women’s sports teams on a 51-45 procedural vote Monday evening. No Democrats joined Republicans in supporting S. 9, which required 60 votes to advance. The legislation introduced by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is a cornerstone of the GOP’s education agenda and would have helped cement President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end transgender student participation in women’s and girls’ sports…
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