All but Fields represent swing districts, with Cuellar, Davis, Gonzalez, Kaptur and Gluesenkamp Perez considered particularly vulnerable in November’s election. (Fields’ safely Democratic district is likely to be eliminated by GOP gerrymandering, though he could choose to run for reelection in a far more conservative seat.)

. . . The bill isn’t likely to pass the Senate, if it even comes up there. Several Democratic senators would have to vote with Republicans to bring up the bill in the first place, to clear the 60-vote filibuster, and there’s no reason to believe they would. Beyond that, outing transgender kids doesn’t exactly top the list of voters’ concerns . .