On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to overturn a Biden administration policy that rewrote federal civil rights legislation Title IX to allow sex discrimination to encompass the concept of “gender identity.”
House Republicans passed a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Title IX rule. According to several reports, 10 Republicans and eight Democrats did not vote.
Over 200 Democrats voted against protecting women and girls.
BREAKING: Title IX CRA passes the House, one step closer to repealing Biden's discriminatory Title IX rule that puts women & girls at risk!
— Independent Women's Forum (@IWF) July 11, 2024
Thank you @RepMaryMiller for introducing H.J.Res. 165 & fighting Biden's radical efforts to redefine gender. #TakeBackTitleIX pic.twitter.com/aqOSvWSlTp
“The Biden Title IX rule will be the end of girls’ sports,” said Illinois Republican Rep. Mary Miller, the resolution’s primary sponsor. “We must pray for a return to the Trump administration policies that protected our girls from these vile left-wing people and their agenda.”
President Biden is expected to veto the measure if it makes it to his desk.
On X, women’s sports advocates like Riley Gaines celebrated the vote. Gaines described it as a “win for women & girls, biological reality, common sense, and humanity.”
A win for women & girls, biological reality, common sense, and humanity!
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) July 11, 2024
Thank you @RepMaryMiller 👏🏼 https://t.co/7kLLV1gbYf
Every House democrat just voted to
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) July 11, 2024
-keep men in women's sports
-put men in women's bathrooms & locker rooms
-house men in women's dorms
-control your speech & demand the language by which you call these men
Every. Single. Democrat...even those with daughters of their own. Evil. pic.twitter.com/xkGC6NVmpr
Great work! Thank you for your leadership on this! https://t.co/EoZt9MzND2
— Paula Scanlan (@PaulaYScanlan) July 11, 2024
The legislation is unlikely to pass the Democrat-controlled Senate.
In April, Townhall covered how the Biden administration rewrote Title IX in an effort to push the LGBTQ+ agenda on Americans. In a video posted to X, Miguel Cardona, Biden’s education secretary, claimed that these new rules built upon the legacy of Title IX.
“This final regulation strengthens and restores vital protections against sex discrimination, including sexual harassment. It also protects students against discrimination based on pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation and gender identity,” he said in the video.
Cardona failed to point out that these new regulations would strip away protections for women by allowing men who think they’re “transgender” to compete in their sports and use their facilities.
For over 50 years title IX has opened doors for girls and women.
— Secretary Miguel Cardona (@SecCardona) April 19, 2024
The final regulations we released today strengthen vital protections against sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, discrimination based on pregnancy, and related conditions.https://t.co/Xf70v3axOp pic.twitter.com/TnRUz2mG0K