House GOP relents on LGBT center funding in $460B package as Dems cheer lack of 'poison pills'

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The $460 billion government funding bill the House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday had included $1 million marked for an LGBTQ community center that once held a drag event with children.

It comes as Democrats celebrate the lack of "poison pills" in the bill while GOP hardliners lament what they call a lost opportunity to force passage of conservative policies.

The earmark for the William Way LGBT Community Center in Philadelphia was advocated for by Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., and Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman, both Pennsylvania Democrats.Fetterman and Casey later sent a letter asking that the funding be stripped, but Fetterman told reporters on Wednesday that it was his staff who sent the letter, while he supported the money.

A 2016 article published in the Philadelphia Gay News titled, "Youth celebrate the art of drag at William Way," described an 11-year-old boy named Esai and an 8-year-old named Max participating in a youth drag event at the center.

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"When Esai slides down from his chair, his blonde hair is in tight curls, his lips are purple and his eyes are lidded with pink and silver eye shadow against his rosy face. He teeters by in heeled boots far too big for him and changes out of his purple