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Democratic senators did not agree with the idea of opposing a bill authored by Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to criminalize providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth.
The bill is part of a larger anti-trans initiative by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress.
Republicans in the beginning One Big, Beautiful bill includes an amendment that would ban Medicaid dollars Covering gender-affirming care, which ultimately did not pass. In addition, the annual National Defense Authorization Act passed this week includes a provision that prohibits Transgender athletes competing in sports designated for women and girls At the United States Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy.
But Democrats did not commit to opposing it.
“I haven’t seen it,” said Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.). IndependentWhen asked a follow-up question, he again said he had not seen it,
Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said he has not seen progress on the bill, but believes it will fail.
“I’m not keeping track of it, but maybe,” Schatz, a member of the Democratic leadership, said. Independent,
On Wednesday, the House passed the Greens Protect Children’s Innocence Act. The bill would criminalize performing or attempting to perform medical procedures on a minor to change his or her body to a gender other than his or her biological sex. Violators face either a fine, up to ten years in prison, or both.
The bill passed 213–207.
Three Democrats voted in favor of the bill: Representatives Don Davis of North Carolina, Henry Cuellar of Texas and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas. President Donald Trump won all three of his districts.
Four Republicans voted against it: Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Mike Lawler of New York, Gabe Evans of Colorado and Mike Kennedy of Utah.
Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who voted against the Defense Act, pointed out Independent “I want to see what happened at home.”
Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock, Greene’s fellow Georgian, said he would oppose it.
“I intend to vote against it,” he said. Independent,
While Republicans have 53 seats in the Senate, they would need seven Democratic senators to stop the filibuster.
But this isn’t the only anti-trans bill currently being debated in Congress.
On Thursday, just before House Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed the chamber, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) also voted for legislation that would block Medicaid dollars from paying for gender reassignment surgery for anyone under the age of 18. Republicans attempted to include it in their “one, big beautiful bill” that Trump signed, But the Senate MP rejected it,
Every Republican voted for the legislation while the three Democrats who voted for Greene’s bill also supported it. Additionally, Representative Mary Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) also voted for the bill. Gluesenkamp-Perez is co-chair of the Blue Dogs, a group of centrist Democrats, and her district also voted for Trump.
On Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Announced a series of rules that would cut Medicaid and Medicare dollars Which is spent on gender-affirming care of minors. It would also cut federal dollars to hospitals that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
The American Academy of Pediatrics criticized the department’s effort in a statement.
AAP President Susan J. “These rules are a baseless intrusion into the patient-physician relationship,” Kressley said in a statement. “Patients, their families and their physicians – not politicians or government officials – should decide together what care is best for them. For families of gender-diverse and transgender youth, government actions today make that task difficult, if not impossible.”
This legislation will likely be Greene’s final legislative effort.
She will resign her seat early next month after falling out with Trump over the release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.