Another day, another chance to pass the Republican health care plan
but the outlook remained bleak in the hours heading into a Friday
afternoon vote.
After a difficult Thursday for Republicans who
had hoped to have passed their bill to repeal and replace the
Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, the House is back at it again — but
this time with a directive from the White House that it's now or never.
As the House debated the bill ahead of the
vote, Speaker Paul Ryan left Capitol Hill and traveled to the White
House to update President Donald Trump on the current outlook. A tally
by NBC News shows that at least 34 Republicans have said they are either
"no" votes or "leaning no" -- far more than the 22 votes they can
afford to lose and still pass the bill.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said
the White House is "still optimistic" about the bill's passage but
allowed, "you can't force people to vote" for it.
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