It looks like both of the Democratic senators for Washington state voted to let trans kids die if they happen to have the misfortune of being military brats.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00325.htm
That's a really bad sign for what will happen as Trump ramps up the hate more and more.
@xgranade "A bill to reauthorize wildlife habitat and conservation programs, and for other purposes."
Is this the wrong link, or is this one of those things where they hide the poisonous shit in amendments that have nothing to do with the original, innocuous-sounding bill?
(I feel like I already know this answer, and will prepare my heavy sigh of frustration forthwith.)
@invicticide Erin in the Morning reports that the wrong title is due to a procedural move where a different bill was substituted.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/democratic-senators-refuse-vote-to
@xgranade Huh, that is a weirder explanation than I expected.
But regardless of that procedural confusion, this vote is a supremely disappointing outcome. Sounds like it hinges on Biden's veto now, and they've put him a position where he either vetoes military funding or screws over trans kids, which was no doubt an intentional tactic here.