Republican leaders launched a full-court press Tuesday to rally
support for the party's newly revealed health care plan as criticism
mounted from rank-and-file members and prospects for the legislation
appeared uncertain at best.
Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Capitol
Hill to sell the GOP leadership's plan to repeal and replace the
Affordable Care Act and met with those lobbing the heaviest criticism at
the bill. President Trump met with Republican leaders at the White
House to discuss the bill's passage.
Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secretary
Tom Price spoke at length during the daily briefing at the White House.
And the chairmen of the relevant House committees, Reps. Kevin Brady and
Greg Walden, who wrote the bill, held two news conferences (including
one with House Speaker Paul Ryan) as they blanketed television news
shows to sell the plan.
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