Senate sets up vote to restrict trans women from women's sports

• The House passed similar legislation in January with two Democrats — Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, both of Texas — joining Republicans in voting for it.
• Senate Republicans are unlikely to get the seven Democrats they need to pass the bill, but it could prove a painful vote for a handful of vulnerable Democrats.

Driving the news: Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), one of the Senate co-sponsors of the legislation, complained on "The Megyn Kelly Show" podcast early this month that Thune hadn't brought the legislation to the floor.

• "John Thune told me he's going to get it the floor and he hadn't done it. It's time to put or shut up," he said.
• Kelly first reported Wednesday that Thune had agreed to file cloture on the bill on Thursday. This would set up the first procedural vote likely Monday, which Axios confirmed.