Republicans fail to muster enough votes in their own party to pass health bill & drop it... again [View all]

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Ed O'Keefe‏ @edatpost 4m4 minutes ago
JUST IN: House GOP backs down from a last-minute push to vote on health-care bill https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/04/27/house-gop-backs-down-from-a-last-minute-push-to-vote-on-health-care-bill-smoothing-way-for-government-to-stay-open-past-friday/?utm_term=.1c5dce951560 …

April 27 at 10:16 PM

House GOP backs down from a last-minute push to vote on health-care bill, smoothing way for government to stay open past Friday

Despite pressure from the White House, House GOP leaders determined Thursday night that they don’t have the votes to pass a rewrite of the Affordable Care Act and will not seek to put their proposal on the floor on Friday.

A late push to act on health care had threatened the bipartisan deal to keep the government open for one week while lawmakers crafted a longer-term spending deal. Now, lawmakers are likely to approve the spending bill when it comes to the floor Friday and keep the government open past midnight.

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