Following two days of utter chaos in Washington D.C., the Republicans in the House have finally called it quits and laid to rest, at least for now, efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. The bill was pulled shortly before voting was set to begin at 3:45PM EST.
- TRUMP ASKED U.S. HOUSE LEADERS TO CANCEL VOTE ON REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE BILL - HOUSE LEADERSHIP AIDE
- TRUMP SAID TO TELL WASH. POST JUST PULLED HEALTH CARE BILL
- TRUMP SAYS "WE JUST PULLED IT"- WASHINGTON POST REPORTER IN TWEET
- REPUBLICAN LEADERS POSTPONE VOTE ON HEALTHCARE BILL
- TRUMP SAID TO TELL WASH. POST `I DON'T BLAME PAUL' RYAN
After a last ditch effort by Paul Ryan and Mike Pence to rally support from conservative members of the House and save the bill, at the end of the day, they simply didn't have the votes.
Not. Pretty. pic.twitter.com/VrgG3K0u7v
— Bob Bryan (@RobertBryan4) March 24, 2017
Tune in below to watch a dejected Paul Ryan take questions from the press:
- RYAN: WE MUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO SAY YES TO GOOD BUT NOT PERFECT
- RYAN: AFTER HEALTH CARE LOSS:THIS IS `NOT THE END OF THE STORY'
- RYAN: WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS ON HEALTH
- RYAN: SOME IN FREEDOM CAUCUS VOTING WITH US BUT NOT ENOUGH
- RYAN: WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF OUR AGENDA
- RYAN: THIS MAKES TAX REFORM MORE DIFFICULT, IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE