GOP senators said legislation barring transgender females from participating in women’s sports will receive floor consideration next year if Republicans retake the Senate in November.
Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Katie Britt (R-AL), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) individually expressed confidence on Tuesday that a Republican Senate majority leader would bring such legislation up for a vote. The three were speaking at a roundtable organized by Tuberville on Title IX, the landmark law that ensures equal athletic opportunities for women.
A patchwork of states and municipalities have enacted laws in recent years prohibiting participation in competitive sports that do not match the player’s biological sex. These have largely been partisan efforts backed almost exclusively by Republican legislators. The Biden administration, meanwhile, has been trying to update Title IX
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