Senate blocks transgender-athlete amendment in rare weekend session on voting bill

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Senate blocks transgender-athlete amendment in rare weekend session on voting bill
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In a rare weekend session, the Senate blocked a GOP amendment that would ban transgender athletes from women’s sports as it debated a sweeping voting bill aimed at stricter voter rules and photo IDs; Republicans face filibuster hurdles, and President Trump is pressing to add priorities like a ban on most mail-in voting and sex-reassignment procedures to the measure.

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