Or, what if Republicans vote for the Maloney amendment -- which then incorporates the anti-LGBT provisions into the VA appropriations bill? Adoption of the Maloney amendment posed a problem for the GOP. So even though the House GOP sidestepped potential disarray on the Maloney amendment last week, they embraced the Huffman language this year. Lawmakers such as Rep. Steve Russell, R-Okla., view rejecting the Maloney amendment as “religious freedom.” But others see it as a distraction. But for House Republicans, LGBT issues weren’t supposed to be on the test.

Source: Fox News May 28, 2016 16:52 UTC