Transgender people notch rare win in fight over Trump's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill'
Source: The Independent
Thursday 03 July 2025 16:58 EDT
Transgender Americans received a surprising mini-victory amid the Republican passage of President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” when an attempt to restrict gender-affirming care died in the legislative process.
The bill had included language that would have banned Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for transgender minors. But in a final deal made to appeal to conservatives, the legislation struck the term “for minors.”
Republicans passed the legislation via the process of budget reconciliation, which allowed them to avoid a Democratic filibuster. But that meant the legislation had to relate to federal spending and the Senate Parliamentarian, who determines whether legislative language complies with the so-called “Byrd Rule” criteria found it was not germane.
Initially, the Senate version included similar language. But the parliamentarian found that it did not comply with the Byrd Rule after Democratic staff argued for it.
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