A proposal that would protect LGBT employees from discrimination by federal contractors was rejected by House Republican leaders just days after GOP members publicly pledged their “support” for the LGBT community.
For the third time, openly gay Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) proposed the amendment, attached to a Defense Department spending bill, that would put into law an executive order made by President Barack Obama in 2014 that forbids federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT people.
On Tuesday night, Chairman of the House Rules Committee Pete Sessions (R-Texas) blocked Maloney’s amendment from even being voted on.
