[Source](https://thepostmillennial.com/four-house-republicans-block-attempt-to-codify-trumps-transgender-military-ban) > Four House Republicans joined Democrats on Tuesday to defeat an amendment that would have written President Donald Trump's executive order barring transgender individuals from serving in the US military into federal law. > The amendment, introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., failed in a narrow 212-217 vote during House consideration of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a must-pass defense policy bill that sets priorities and authorizes funding for the Department of Defense. The Republicans who voted against the amendment were **Rep. Mike Lawler of New York, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Delegate James Moylan of Guam, and Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds of the Northern Mariana Islands.** The measure was defeated after all Democrats opposed it.