An LGBT Vote Failed in the House and Chaos Ensued
The House floor exploded in chaos Tuesday after a bill that would have barred federal contractors from government work if they discriminate against the LGBT community failed by one vote. Inadvertently channeling a scene from HBO's Game of Thrones, Democratic advocates of the bill started chanting "shame" after Republicans whipped some last-minute vote switches to block the bill 213-212. "The members who switched are going to hold a very special place in American history as the people who didn't have the guts to stand up and support the will of the House," said Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney D-N.Y., who put in the anti-LGBT discrimination amendment, Politico reports. "They literally snatched discrimination out of the jaws of equality.",