Kansas Trans Showdown: Will GOP Overcome Guv Kelly Veto Power?!?

Culture war concerning high school sports and toilet talk. 

UPDATE: KANSAS GOP HAS GARNERED A VETO-PROOF MAJORITY GOING INTO THE DEBATE!!!

Here's the setup that's worth a peek . . .

Kelly has twice vetoed the policy, calling it divisive and unnecessary. While Republicans have never successfully overridden her veto it has remained a priority of leadership who, for the first time, appear to have gathered the support needed to thwart Kelly. 

The Senate voted 28 to 11 to approve the bill. Sen. David Haley, a Kansas City Democrat, abstained from the vote. Sen. Brenda Dietrich, a moderate Republican from Topeka, was the only Republican to vote against the measure in the Senate.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas Republicans send transgender athlete ban to Kelly's desk, setting up veto fight

For the third time in three years, Kansas lawmakers have sent a bill banning transgender athletes from girls and women's sports to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's desk. Kelly has twice vetoed the policy, calling it divisive and unnecessary.


Kansas Senate approves transgender sports ban, bill supported by veto-proof majorities for first time

For the third straight year, Kansas Senate has passed a transgender sports ban. The Fairness in Women's Sports Act passed 28-11-1 in the Kansas Senate on Thursday. This comes a month after the Kansas House approved the measure 82-40. Kansas Gov.

Comments