What happened
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) Wednesday introduced a bill to block transgender people from using restrooms and changing rooms that do not match their birth-assigned sex at all federal buildings and national parks. On Monday, Mace pushed forward a similar resolution about transgender people in the U.S. Capitol, a measure she said was "100% because of" congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), adding that the newly elected trans woman "doesn't get a say" in the policy.
Who said what
"The radical left says I'm a 'threat,'" Mace said on X after introducing her bill. "You better believe it." Republicans have "increasingly amplified anti-trans messaging in recent years and it's morphed into a common political talking point," NPR said. Mace alone has made "hundreds" of social media posts "about the bathroom issue in recent days," framing it as a safety issue, The Washington Post said.
The federal transgender bathroom bill — which also "appears to extend" to Washington, D.C., "libraries, recreation centers and, potentially, D.C. Public Schools" — is "unlikely to overcome the Senate filibuster," the Post said, and it would run afoul of changes President Joe Biden made to Title IX. But a majority of the GOP-controlled House could approve Mace's resolution for the Capitol. McBride said yesterday she was "not here to fight about bathrooms," but to "fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families."
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What next?
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sidestepped Mace's proposals but said yesterday he was formally decreeing all Capitol single-sex bathrooms "reserved for individuals of that biological sex," adding that every House member had a private bathroom and "unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol." McBride said she "will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson even if I disagree with them."
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