Senators unveil proposal to block Trump's military transgender ban

[Bob The Knob]

[url]http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/11/politics/senate-transgender-trump-military/index.html[/url]
[quote]A bipartisan pair of senators introduced an amendment Monday to try to reverse President Donald Trump's ban on transgender individuals serving in the military.

The amendment from New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins would prevent the military from kicking out transgender service members solely based on their gender identity, according to a copy of the language obtained by CNN.

The senators will try to get a vote on their proposal during consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act, the massive defense policy bill that's on the Senate floor this week. It's still unclear whether the measure will get a vote, as it's one of scores of proposed amendments to the defense bill.[/quote]

[JennyC6]

Slip it onto the NDA Act as a rider, you two.

[Bob The Knob]

Collins is the most anti-Trump Republican in the Senate and Gillibrand is the most anti-Trump Democrat, according to their [url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/]538 scores[/url]

[Sableye]

I just hope they don't stipulate the arbitrary ban on them receiving care after their service, which started this whole damn thing. These veterans have served their country and their care doesn't even equal the amount of money the military spends on condoms and viagra

[LawnBriefing]

It's not quite worded clearly, would this allow transgender soldiers to continue to be eligible for service, or will it just prevent existing soldiers from being kicked out?