I’m voting against this legislative desecration.
Vote against the amended H.R. 1329 concerning the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum because of Republican-added provisions on site selection and transgender women.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Roll Call 188 was on passage of H.R. 1329, Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act; status failed, 204 yea to 216 nay. Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, is listed as Nay.
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The reported amendment allowed the President to choose an alternative museum site within 180 days and added museum language about "biological women" and not depicting a "biological male as a female."
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Committee Democrats said the amended version gave President Trump unilateral site authority and inserted an ideological poison pill affecting what the museum could say about women’s history.
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May 21, 2026; Vote Question: On Passage; Status: Failed; Raskin, Democratic, MD, Nay.
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Reported in House with an amendment; site designated as South Monument; museum may not depict any biological male as female.
Assessments
Raskin promised to vote against the amended H.R. 1329, and the official House roll call for May 21, 2026 lists him as voting Nay on final passage. The bill failed, and official bill/report text confirms the amended version contained the site-selection and transgender-related provisions referenced in the promise. Because the promised action was his own vote during the same federal House term, this counts as delivered in the same term.
Raskin fulfilled the promised action during his current House term: Roll Call 188 on May 21, 2026 lists him voting Nay on final passage of the amended H.R. 1329. The bill report confirms the amendment included the disputed site-selection authority and transgender-related museum language that matched the stated reason for opposition.