Senate Democrats voted late Monday afternoon to block a bill that would have prevented biological males from participating in women’s sports from reaching the floor.
The vote failed along party lines, with 51 Republicans in favor of ending debate and bringing it to the floor, and 43 Democrats and two nominal independents who caucus with them voting against. Two Democrats and two Republicans didn’t vote. The bill fell short of the threshold of 60 needed to end debate by nine votes.
The bill proceeded roughly along party lines as it went through Congress, as only two Democrats had voted to pass the bill in the House, introduced by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. It would have codified into law President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 executive order denying federal funding to schools that allow transgender-identifying male athletes to compete against females.
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