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Senate Rejects GOP Amendment Banning Transgender Athletes

3/22/2026

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Senate Democrats blocked a Republican amendment to the SAVE America Act, 49-41, banning transgender athletes from women's sports.
The amendment was sponsored by Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), who argued it undermines fairness.
Tuberville said it was the fourth Democratic defeat.
Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) backed the amendment, calling it a commonsense safeguard for women's sports.
Blackburn criticized Biden's Title IX actions as allowing unfair competition.

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Senate Democrats blocked a Republican amendment to the SAVE America Act, 49-41, banning transgender athletes from women's sports.
The amendment was sponsored by Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), who argued it undermines fairness.
Tuberville said it was the fourth Democratic defeat.
Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) backed the amendment, calling it a commonsense safeguard for women's sports.
Blackburn criticized Biden's Title IX actions as allowing unfair competition.