House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows said Wednesday that
there are enough Freedom members to kill the GOP health care bill and
that a vote should be postponed.
Meadows met with members of the conservative
caucus, which is staunchly opposed to the GOP health care plan, in the
afternoon as Republican leaders scramble to assemble enough party line
support to pass their replacement measure in a floor vote expected
Thursday.
"A self imposed deadline doesn't necessarily make for good policy," Meadows told reporters after the meeting.
"We believe we need to postpone the vote and
get it right," Meadows added. "We need changes to the underlying bill
before we vote on it in the House. ... There's not enough votes to pass
it tomorrow."
However, a senior GOP aide told NBC News that there are no plans to delay the vote beyond Thursday.
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