BREAKING: Trumpcare Bill PULLED From House Floor After Conservatives Reject It
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MARCH 24, 2017
In what was a marked defeat for President Trump and Speaker of the House
Paul Ryan despite confident predictions all week from both, House Republicans
went into recess rather than voting on Trumpcare, the American Health Care Act.
Democrats taunted them as the House was recessed, chanting for a vote.
Trump apparently told Robert Costa of The Washington Post, “We pulled it.”
It’s unclear what happens next. Some reporter state that the vote has been
postponed, and that further meetings will take place shortly in the House. Others
state that the vote has been cancelled outright.
In recent hours, it became clear that Ryan and Trump, despite threats and pleas,
didn’t have the votes to pass the AHCA, which essentially maintained the basic
premises of Obamacare while worsening the so-called health insurance death
spiral and doing little to cut costs over time. Ryan visited Trump earlier today to
explain the situation – but even as that happened, members of the White House
staff kept maintaining that the vote would be held today, or Trump would simply
drop the health care issue entirely.
This failure, barring a stunning turnaround, could create a range of horrible
political consequences for Republicans. Ryan’s speakership could be called
into question, despite Trump’s support; Trump could decide to break entirely
from Ryan’s legislative agenda and go it alone, attempting to cast Ryan as the
fall guy in this debacle; Reince Priebus could pay a price inside the White
House with Steve Bannon benefitting.
Or the House could do its job and go back to the drawing board.
We’ll keep you updated as events progress.
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