House Passes LGBT Amendment After Chaos Surrounding Measure Last Week

[Free Vulcan]

The House on Wednesday night passed an amendment that ensures federal contractors cannot discriminate against LGBT employees after several Republicans switched their votes to defeat a similar measure last week, prompting disarray on the House floor.

The House passed the measure sponsored by Rep. Sean Maloney (D-NY) as an amendment to an Energy Department spending bill, with 43 Republican members supporting it, according to The Hill...


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[SZonian]

It's a madhouse I tell ya!

More carve outs for special groups.  Why not just refer back to original non-discrimination laws?

Oh, I know...

Then they can't show their constituents how "inclusive" and "diverse" they are...

[markomalley]

The Republicans that voted for this Amendment (Roll Call 285) were:

1 Coffman
2 Coste llo (PA)
3 Curbelo (FL)
4 Davis, Rodney
5 Denham
6 Dent
7 Diaz-Balart
8 Emmer (MN)
9 Fitzpatrick
10 Frelinghuysen
11 Heck (NV)
12 Hurd (TX)
13 Issa
14 Jolly
15 Katko
16 Kinzinger (IL)
17 Lance
18 LoBiondo
19 MacArthur
20 McSally
21 Meehan
22 Paulsen
23 Poliquin
24 Reed
25 Reichert
26 Renacci
27 Rooney (FL)
28 Ros-Lehtinen
29 Shimkus
30 Stefanik
31 Upton
32 Valadao
33 Walden
34 Walters, Mimi
35 Young (IA)
36 Young (IN)
37 Zeldin

I don't think I missed any of them, but that doesn't look like 43 to me.