Capitol Hill conservatives are bracing for a fight they do not want to fight: An online gambling ban, being pushed by Las Vegas mogul Sheldon Adelson. The fight begins as soon as companion bills are filed in each chamber before the end of the week by Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R.-S.C.) and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R.-Utah).

The bills were written by the staff of the Coalition to Stop Online Gambling, the advocacy group funded by Adelson, who has pledged to “spend whatever it takes” to see the legislation passed. What gives this fight the “#awkward” is the huge give and the huge ask, for a federal online gambling ban.

The Give: In the 2012 election cycle, Adelson, the chairman and CEO of the $14 billion-a-year Las Vegas Sands conglomerate, gave tens of millions of dollars to GOP presidential candidates former speaker Newton L. “Newt” Gingrich and former Massachusetts governor W. Mitt Romney, in addition to other candidates and the Republican Party. He spent $150 million to defeat President Obama, including giving almost $40 million to Karl Rove and his American Crossroads project.

The Ask: As states like New Jersey, where it is now legal, and Massachusetts, where there is a move to legalize online gaming, Adelson is convinced that online gambling competes with his brick-and-mortar poker rooms. To this end, he is calling on the Congress, and specifically his Republican friends, to outlaw his competition with an online gambling ban.

The ask has put Republicans in a precarious situation where they are forced to choose between philosophical principles, like federalism, and their opposition to crony capitalism against the obligation to hear out and support Adelson. This story originally appeared on the Human Events website.