Anonymousabout 9 hours ago
The Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act, which once boasted 231 co-sponsors from both parties, failed 204-216 in the House on May 21, 2026, after a Republican amendment restricted the museum's scope to "biological women" and gave President Trump authority over its location. The collapse illustrates how gender-identity politics have become a fault line capable of destroying even broadly popular legislative projects, leaving the museum — first authorized by Congress in 2020 — without a permanent site on the National Mall.