2026年3月21日 / 美国东部时间下午3:13 / 美联社
周六，参议院在罕见的周末会议上否决了一项禁止跨性别运动员参加女子体育赛事的修正案，拒绝了特朗普总统的一项优先事项，此时特朗普正施压国会就一项广泛的投票法案采取行动。
参议员们正在进行一场罕见的周末会议，以辩论这项投票立法。该立法将对选民登记提出严格的新要求，并要求在投票站出示带照片的身份证件，以防止非法入境者投票。
今年早些时候，众议院通过了该法案，但此后共和党总统表示，他希望在法案中加入更多优先事项，包括对跨性别运动员的体育禁令和对所有邮寄投票的禁令。
民主党人预计最终会阻止这项更广泛的立法。共和党参议员多次表示，他们没有足够的支持来推翻立法阻挠议事规则（这会触发100名参议员中需要60票的门槛），也无法找到其他绕过该规则的方法通过法案。共和党在参议院拥有53个席位。
尽管如此，共和党人本周还是将该立法提交参议院进行长时间辩论，因为特朗普表示，除非他们通过这项投票措施，否则他不会签署其他法案。参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩周六上午表示，共和党人”尚未就如何结束这场辩论做出任何最终决定”。
图恩说：”我们正在努力确保进行充分的辩论，并让每个人都明确表态，无论支持还是反对。”
以49票对41票否决的修正案规定，如果接受联邦资金的教育机构允许出生时被认定为男性的人参与”为女性或女孩指定的体育项目或活动”，将受到处罚。
特朗普还希望国会在讨论投票法案时阻止对部分未成年人进行性别重置手术。目前尚不清楚参议院是否会就这一问题进行投票。
此外，特朗普表示，他希望众议院通过的法案包含对大多数邮寄投票的禁令。多年来，总统一直批评邮寄投票，并将其作为他试图推翻2020年总统选举中民主党人乔·拜登胜选的核心策略之一。对邮寄投票的禁令将面临立法者的强烈反对。
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Senate blocks voting bill’s amendment on transgender athletes during rare weekend session
March 21, 2026 / 3:13 PM EDT / AP
The Senate on Saturday blocked an amendment that would ban transgender athletes from playing in women’s sports, rejecting one of President Trump’s priorities as he pressures Congress to act on a broad voting bill.
Senators were holding a rare weekend session to debate the voting legislation, which would put in place strict new requirements for voter registration and require photo IDs at the polls in an effort to prevent people in the country illegally from casting ballots.
The House passed the bill earlier this year, but the Republican president has since said he wants additional priorities added to the legislation, including the sports ban for transgender athletes and a ban on all mail-in voting.
Democrats are expected to eventually block the broader legislation. Republican senators have said repeatedly that they do not have enough support to jettison the legislative filibuster, which triggers a 60-vote threshold in the 100-member Senate, or find another workaround to pass the bill. Republicans hold 53 seats.
Still, Republicans put the legislation on the Senate floor this week for a lengthy debate as Mr. Trump has said he will not sign other bills until they pass the voting measure. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Saturday morning that Republicans “haven’t made any final decisions about how to conclude this.”
“What we are trying to do is ensure that we are having a fulsome debate,” Thune said, and put everyone on the record “one way or the other.”
The amendment that was blocked by a 49-41 vote would penalize educational institutions that receive federal funding if they permitted individuals assigned male at birth to participate “in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.”
Mr. Trump also wants Congress to block sex reassignment surgeries on some minors as part of the debate on the voting bill. It is unclear whether the Senate will hold a vote on that.
In addition, Mr. Trump has said he wants the House-passed bill to include a ban on most mail-in balloting. The president has criticized mail-in ballots for years and used it as a centerpiece of his efforts to overturn his defeat to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. A ban on mail ballots would face strong pushback from lawmakers.
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