S. 9, the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025,” would ensure that only real (i.e., biological) women and girls compete in women’s sports that are operated, sponsored, or facilitated by federal funding. “Transgender” women and girls — i.e., biological males who “identify,” or pose, as females — would be prohibited from competing.

The Senate did not vote directly on S. 9, but on a motion to invoke cloture (and thus limit debate) so the bill could be voted on. The motion to invoke cloture was rejected on March 3, 2025 by a vote of 51 to 45 (Roll Call 100; a three-fifths majority of the entire Senate is required to invoke cloture). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the federal government should not use taxpayer money to facilitate biological males competing against real women and girls.