Ryan's Rule Change Allows GOP To Block LGBT Measure Before Floor Vote

House Speaker Paul Ryan's newest rules change blocked a controversial LGBT amendment from moving to the House floor and threatening the passage of the annual Defense Department spending bill.

The House Rules Committee ruled Tuesday against adding the controversial amendment to its DOD spending bill that would have barred federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT people in its hiring practices. The move outraged Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) who re-offered the amendment after the Orlando shooting massacre at a gay nightclub.
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