2026年5月21日 美国东部时间18:04 / 福克斯新闻
众议院民主党议员周四一致反对一项旨在国家广场上新建一座女性历史博物馆的法案。
共和党人将该博物馆限定为“生理女性”，并将跨性别个体排除在外，民主党人因此试图否决这项法案。
此次投票结果为204票赞成、216票反对，法案未获通过。几名共和党保守派议员与民主党人一同否决了这项法案，该法案原本将为即将建成的史密森尼美国女性历史博物馆在国家广场内选定馆址。
一位知情人士告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“倒戈的共和党议员反对这项法案，原因是他们认为没有必要设立女性历史博物馆，同时该法案没有针对博物馆内出现左翼内容制定保护条款。”
由新墨西哥州民主党众议员特雷莎·莱杰·费尔南德斯担任主席的民主党妇女核心小组成员，投票反对了两党共同提出的这项法案，该法案原本将为即将建成的史密森尼女性历史博物馆在国家广场内选定馆址。（肯尼·霍尔斯顿 pooled图片 / 盖蒂图片社）
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“美国女性的事迹早已在史密森尼博物馆得到了自豪的展示——从拓荒者、爱国者到科学家和领袖人物，”这位知情人士表示，“我们不需要另一个由纳税人出资的博物馆，最终沦为纪念玛格丽特·桑格等堕胎活动人士或是最新的进步主义事业的圣地。”
目前尚不清楚共和党领导层是否会在日后再次推动该法案的投票。有8名共和党议员未参与此次投票。
民主党议员之所以广泛反对这项法案，是因为民主党妇女核心小组上月发表声明，指责共和党人通过一项将博物馆限定为“生理女性”的修正案， targeting“跨性别女性和女孩”。
这些女性议员认为，这座备受期待的博物馆早就该建成，但她们无法支持加入了“生理女性”表述的法案，许多人将这项修正案称为“毒药条款”。
“本博物馆将致力于保存、研究和展示美国生理女性的历史、成就与生活经历，”由伊利诺伊州共和党众议员玛丽·米勒起草的修正案中如此写道。
该修正案还规定，博物馆不得“将任何生理男性描绘为女性”，这一表述沿用了2025年特朗普签署的一项行政命令中的措辞，该命令禁止跨性别个体被纳入这座即将建成的博物馆。
“加入‘生理’一词让他们全都慌了神，”众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党议员迈克·约翰逊周三在新闻发布会上表示，“如果这在民主党内部都引发争议，那我们可就麻烦大了。这个自称支持女性的政党，竟然要求博物馆容纳生理男性。”
民主党人撤回对该博物馆法案的支持之际，该党仍在持续倡导跨性别权利，尽管外界质疑这些观点是否导致民主党在2024年选举中表现不佳。许多民主党议员还因无法为“女性”一词给出明确定义而受到共和党议员的 scrutinize。
众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党议员迈克·约翰逊表示，将博物馆限定为生理女性的措辞插入后，民主党议员“慌了神”。（凯文·迪奇 pooled图片 / 盖蒂图片社）
民主党议员在国会山被追问时拒绝定义“女性”：“这是个复杂的问题”
民主党议员还抨击了法案中新增的一项条款，该条款赋予总统在法案通过后的180天内选择“替代馆址”的权力。
“他们修改法案，让特朗普及其盟友能够不受监管地决定博物馆的内容、哪些女性可以被纳入展览，以及博物馆的选址，”民主党妇女核心小组主席、新墨西哥州民主党众议员特雷莎·莱杰·费尔南德斯本周早些时候与其他民主党女性议员联合发表声明称，“一座属于女性、由女性争取并支持的博物馆，不应由一个人掌控。”
该博物馆法案的发起人、纽约州共和党众议员妮可·马利奥塔基斯指责民主党人“以此为借口回避跨性别条款的问题”。
“女性历史博物馆理应只致力于展示女性的历史，仅此而已，”马利奥塔基斯告诉福克斯新闻，“他们原本压倒性地联名支持这项法案，却仅仅因为加入了‘生理’一词就撤回支持，在我看来这简直荒谬。”
“他们必须向选民解释，为什么他们认为这座博物馆不该建成，为什么他们觉得博物馆里应该有跨性别主题的展览，”她补充道。
纽约州共和党众议员妮可·马利奥塔基斯表示，民主党议员应该解释清楚，他们为什么希望在即将建成的史密森尼女性历史博物馆中加入跨性别主题展览。（艾莉森·贝利/中东图片社/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
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美国国会曾在2020年批准设立女性历史博物馆和一座美国拉丁裔历史博物馆。一些民主党议员以女性历史博物馆在规划中的拉丁裔博物馆之前推进为由，为他们的反对态度辩护。
Democrats revolt over ‘biological’ wording in women’s history museum bill
2026-05-21 18:04 EDT / Fox News
House Democrats unanimously rebelled against legislation Thursday directing the construction of a new women’s history museum on the National Mall.
Democrats sought to defeat the bill after Republicans limited the institution to biological women and excluded transgender individuals.
The measure came up short in a vote of 204-216 after a handful of conservative GOP lawmakers joined Democrats in tanking the legislation that would secure a site for the forthcoming Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on the grounds of the Mall.
The defecting Republicans objected to the measure over concerns about whether a women’s history museum was necessary and because the bill did not include protections against left-wing content from appearing in the institution,” a source familiar told Fox News Digital.
Members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, led by Chairwoman Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., voted against bipartisan legislation securing a site for the forthcoming Smithsonian women’s history museum on the National Mall.(Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)
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“American women are already proudly honored across the Smithsonian—from pioneers and patriots to scientists and leaders,” the source said. “We don’t need another taxpayer-funded museum that risks becoming a shrine to abortion activists like Margaret Sanger or the latest progressive cause.”
It was not immediately clear whether Republican leadership would attempt to bring the legislation up for a vote at a later date. Eight Republicans did not vote.
Democrats’ widespread opposition to the legislation came after the Democratic Women’s Caucus issued a statement last month accusing Republicans of targeting “transgender women and girls” with an amendment defining the museum around biological women.
The female lawmakers argued the anticipated museum is long overdue, but said they could not support the legislation with the biological women language added, which many characterized as a “poison pill.”
“The Museum shall be dedicated to preserving, researching, and presenting the history, achievements and lived experiences of biological women in the United States,” the amended measure, authored by Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., states in part.
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The museum may not depict “any biological male as female,” it continues, which codifies language in a Trump executive order issued in 2025 barring the inclusion of transgender individuals in the forthcoming museum.
“The addition of the word biological made them all run for the hills,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said during a news conference Wednesday. “If that’s controversial in the Democratic Party, we’re in serious trouble. The party that purports to support women, demanding that the museum include biological men.”
Democrats’ decision to withdraw support for the museum measure comes as the party has continued to advocate for transgender rights despite questions over whether those views contributed to its poor performance in the 2024 election. Many Democrats also continue to face GOP scrutiny about providing a definition for “woman.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said the insertion of language restricting the museum to biological women made Democrats “run for the hills.”(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Democratic lawmakers also slammed amended language in the bill granting the president the authority to choose an “alternative site” within 180 days of the measure’s enactment.
“They amended the bill to give Trump and his allies unregulated power over what content and which women can be included in the museum, and the museum’s location,” Democratic Women’s Caucus Chairwoman Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., said in a joint statement earlier this week with other female Democratic lawmakers. “A museum about women, fought for and supported by women, should not be controlled by one man.”
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., the sponsor of the museum measure, accused Democrats of “hiding behind” that rationale to avoid addressing the transgender provision.
“A women’s history museum is supposed to be dedicated to women, period,” Malliotakis told Fox News. “And the fact that they’re going to pull their support after overwhelmingly co-sponsoring this bill because the word biological was inserted, to me, is ludicrous.”
“They’re going to have to explain to their voters why they believe this museum should not be built and why they believe that there should be transgender exhibits in it,” she added.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., said Democrats should have to explain why they want transgender exhibits in the forthcoming Smithsonian women’s history museum.(Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Congress previously authorized the women’s history museum in 2020, along with a museum for American Latinos. Some Democrats justified their opposition to the measure over objections that the women’s history museum is advancing without the planned Latino institution.
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