BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican-led Senate has sustained Gov. Doug Burgum’s veto of a bill restricting transgender girls from participating in public elementary and secondary school sports. Senators voted 28-19 Thursday to override the first-term Republican governor, but fell short of the 32 necessary for a two-thirds majority. The vote came after the GOP-led House voted 68-25 to override Burgum earlier Thursday. The bill last week got a strong 69-25 vote in the House but a narrower 27-20 vote in the Senate. Burgum argued that the legislation endorsed by the GOP-led Legislature attempts to address a problem that does not exist.
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