WASHINGTON (AP) — What started as widely backed proposal to locate a new Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on the National Mall devolved into a partisan fight Thursday after Republicans revised the legislation to ensure no transgender people are included in the exhibits.
The House rejected the bill, 204-216, an outcome that leaves next steps uncertain. The revised bill also would ban a “diversity” of views and give President Donald Trump the final say on where the museum would be situated.
