A group of 22 Republican senators led by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., called on the Biden administration on Monday to withdraw proposed rule changes to Title IX that could prevent states from enforcing bans on transgender athletes competing in sports that don’t correspond to their biological sex at birth.

The Education Department’s proposed rule would allow schools to ban transgender students or nonbinary students from participating in sports on a case-by-case basis. As several GOP-led state legislatures consider bills to ban transgender students from participating on sports teams, the senators argued in a letter sent to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona that the creation of Title IX was to ensure fairness in the first place. 

“Congress made clear that its intention in passing Title IX was to prohibit discrimination against women participating fully in all aspects of athletic and academic opportunity at institutions that received federal financial assistance,” the senators wrote. 

“This proposed rule uses weakly-associated case law and polarizing social concepts to broaden the definition of women and girls to include individuals who identify as women, and in doing so, the intent of the law is destroyed and women are marginalized yet again.” Read Full Story

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House Republican leaders did some late-stage maneuvering to overcome GOP objections to portions of the party’s long-awaited border crackdown bill. 

The Secure the Border Act would severely limit asylum, push border security measures, enact E-Verify rules, and initiate a study to evaluate drug cartels. 

These efforts by lawmakers seek to address changes expected when the Biden administration on Thursday lifts Title 42, a Trump-era immigration policy put in place during the coronavirus pandemic. Read Full Story

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Former President Donald Trump on Monday threw his weight behind a bipartisan railway safety package that aims to prevent similar disasters to the February train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

The bill, spearheaded by Ohio Sens. Republican JD Vance and Democrat Sherrod Brown, would include new safety requirements for trains carrying hazardous material. Trump wrote the legislation could ensure “nothing like this EVER happens again” and that it had his “Complete and Total Endorsement!!!” 

If the bill ultimately makes it to Biden’s desk, it’s likely to become the first major piece of legislation to make it through the divided Congress and be signed into law. Read Full Story

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