Warner, Kaine vote to block bill that would have prevented biological males from participating in women’s sports
Staff Report
Virginia’s two Democratic U.S. Senators – Mark Warner and Tim Kaine – voted Monday to block a bill that would have prevented biological males from participating in women’s sports from reaching the Senate floor.
Forty-three Democrats and two independents voted against the bill, while 51 Republicans voted for it. Four senators – two Republicans and two Democrats – didn’t vote.
The bill needed 60 votes in favor to bring the issue to the floor for debate and a final vote.
If approved, the bill would have codified into U.S. law President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 executive order denying federal funding to schools that allow transgender-identifying male athletes to compete against females.
The bill had previously passed the House of Representatives.
March 4, 2025 @ 2:26 pm
this should have been easy to vote on. the vote should have been yes. but no they blocked it. They need to be removed from office. I don’t believe in anyone in va offices. Gov Youngkin is doing great things.
March 4, 2025 @ 3:07 pm
Shame on both VA senators for voting to block this bill. Virginias should think about replacing both of them!
March 4, 2025 @ 3:11 pm
They need to be removed from office. Both of these senators are idiots. No men should be able to compete in women’s sports. Women worked too hard to get title 9 passed and now they want to take it all away from the women. There are only 2 sr es male and female and if you don’t believe me ask Mother Nature.
March 4, 2025 @ 3:12 pm
These two idiots need to be removed immediately. Never should they get voted in again.
March 4, 2025 @ 4:04 pm
How can any normal human being want men in women sports. What a slap in the face to all women. If I was their wife or daughters I’d be pissed off! I voted against these guys at every turn. Time to go back to common sense and get rid of these idiot democrats.
March 4, 2025 @ 4:16 pm
These two senators are sick. Fools to not vote to ban males in women’s sports. Gutless fools
March 4, 2025 @ 4:19 pm
These 2 are the same maggots they have always been . The current climate no longer allows them to fly under the radar pretending to be either moderate or human. Maybe if we purge the federal employees and illegal aliens that populate Northern Virginia , Virginia can again be a red state representing American values
March 4, 2025 @ 4:28 pm
Party loyalty supercedes common sense in politics nowadays. Very disappointed with our elected Virginia U. S. Senators.
March 4, 2025 @ 4:52 pm
With the bunch of communists holding office in our once great state, is anyone really surprised?
March 4, 2025 @ 5:11 pm
they need to be replaced vote for republicans
March 4, 2025 @ 5:47 pm
I’m confused. Those on the right want trans men to compete with women.
March 4, 2025 @ 5:51 pm
You can’t fix “Stupid”. These two almost always vote party lines regardless what the issue is. When they first went into VA politics they had a little common sense, but stupidity or money changed all that.
Do your part next election time and maybe they will be replaced.
March 4, 2025 @ 5:55 pm
Both need to be voted out of office…how can they defend men in women’s sports, locker rooms and bathrooms ? This is shameful…
March 4, 2025 @ 6:14 pm
kinda makes me wonder what else was in that Bill. Anyone ask them why they did that?
March 4, 2025 @ 6:27 pm
I will do everything in my power to get those two bozo’s out of office, they must both be gay
March 4, 2025 @ 7:28 pm
they must have boys or trans boys in order to vote this way, say goodbye senators
March 4, 2025 @ 7:38 pm
The 2 VA reps should for sure be voted out. Maybe a daughter of theirs will be slammed in head by male in their sport, will they change mind then?
March 4, 2025 @ 9:39 pm
So they want men who think they are females to play on women’s teams? Do Kaine and Warner have daughters? Do they realize what they did against women and girls? They voted this way to stay in line with the Democratic Party. Democratic Party before women and safety and common sense! Shame on them! Vote them out! They are not for Americans but for a political party that is out of step and failing!
March 5, 2025 @ 12:27 am
And just to show how ignorant these elected officials are, Trump had the former girl volleyball player Peyton who was hit in the head with the volleyball at 70 mph by a trans player. She suffered permanent brain damage and you still had idiots setting not standing not showing concern. What would these idiots do if it happened to their child or grandchild. I don’t care who’s feelings get hurt, pull the funding from schools.
March 5, 2025 @ 1:29 am
American or Democrat , you can’t be both.
March 5, 2025 @ 8:23 am
What a disgrace for Virginia and our Country. This is a common ground no party should have voted against. The democrats have proven last night and again here they are despicable. I’ve always vote for what is right regardless of who presented it. For the one’s of you that can accept our daughters being placed in harms way you’ll answer one day. No child should endure this. As no child should endure the senseless bullying occuring in our country. . Keep letting sides get in the way.
March 5, 2025 @ 8:29 am
These two are unmoral and a disgrace. It’s sad they keep getting elected.
Totally disgusting.
March 5, 2025 @ 8:31 am
Shame, shame, shame , where is common since?
March 5, 2025 @ 8:35 am
Next election just remember these two and vote them out of office!! where are their morals????
March 5, 2025 @ 8:36 am
How low can these two go? This is it. Do they hate women that much? I will vote for anyone else to represent Virginia, not these guys. To vote party line instead of common sense is just wrong.
March 5, 2025 @ 9:35 am
Two sick idiots. They don’t deserve to be in public office.
March 5, 2025 @ 10:14 am
I agree with all the previous comments. Hard to believe that in this great country and great state of Virginia that we put people in office with this kind of attitude. They are only representing one small group of people. The majority don’t count. Men have been beating up on women and girls since the beginning. Now they are getting approval from our elected officials. We know what to do. Vote them out!
March 5, 2025 @ 11:19 am
Take heart! The position our two senators publicly took on this issue could be a blessing in disguise for voters who would like them to be unseated in a future election.
Multiple polls have indicated that a large majority of American voters, and therefore presumably a majority of Virginia voters, are opposed to biological males playing against females. Although in the short run on this particular question we did not immediately get the outcome we wanted, it could help us get the outcome we want in the long run, that is to say one or two Republican senators from Virginia.
I have similar feelings about Trump not being inaugurated after the 2020 election. I submit to you that Trump winning 85% of the counties in the United States in 2024 and having a slight majority in both houses of Congress was largely due to the horrific record of the Biden administration. Not only that, and perhaps more importantly, being out of office after his first term gave the Trump team four years to think about how they would do things differently when they won in 2024 and assemble a remarkable and in some cases unlikely team to execute the plan.. The speed and effectiveness with which the current administration has rolled out its agenda is IMO unprecedented in American presidential history, and would not have been possible if Trump was immediately reelected after his first term.
I will concede I could live without the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, and the smack talking/bullying of our neighbor to the north and Greenland/Denmark. If I put myself in their shoes, I know i’d be offended. That said I’d rather have 3/4 of a loaf of bread than nothing good to eat at all.
March 5, 2025 @ 12:16 pm
Both are democrat hacks. Kaine has always been one, but hoped Warner as a businessman would be better. No such luck. All democrats are lemmings and are generally on the wrong side of the issues. This issue is one of common sense and they don’t have any.
March 5, 2025 @ 1:11 pm
They BOTH need to be removed from the position they have, since neither of them have no care or respect for our females who play sports. All of you parents and grandparents of females please remember this when you return to vote in any election these two may be involved in. Thank you!!
March 5, 2025 @ 3:17 pm
This should have been an easy vote yet these two worked against young women to block this bill. They both talk about “reaching across the aisle” to work with the opposing party. What a joke. This was the time to join with Republicans and do the right thing to protect Title 9 and young women. These two are out of touch with Virginia, blindly follow Chuck Schumer, and need to be voted out!
March 6, 2025 @ 4:45 pm
So sad Democrats don’t get it! 80% of people agree to ban it! So sad!
March 8, 2025 @ 10:06 am
As usual, they both stand on the side of Satan!! Pathetic!!
March 11, 2025 @ 2:05 pm
REMOVE THESE LOSERS.