Subject: BREAKING NEWS: LGBT fight sinks House spending bill
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Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 09:13:58 -0600

House conservatives on Thursday blocked passage of a relatively uncontroversial energy and water spending measure after Democrats attached an amendment that would bar federal contractors from discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

The appropriations bill failed with many Republicans opposed because of the gay rights provision, which would have the effect of enacting into law a 2014 executive order by President Barack Obama.

A similar amendment caused disarray on the House floor last week when Democrats tried to attach it to a Veterans Affairs appropriations bill.

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