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Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 23, 2017 27 Comments

Update: No vote today

After hours of late-night, pizza-filled negotiations, Politico reports Trump and a small, but disruptive contingent, the House Freedom Caucus (HFC), have been unable to come to an agreement on the American Health Care Act (AHCA), what House Republicans promise is the first in a three-step approach to repealing and replacing Obamacare. But in today's White House press briefing, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said some members of the HFC pledged to vote for the AHCA. I'm guessing Politico's report is based on the fact that Trump was unable to move the entire HFC block. The last minute negotiations left some Republicans feeling they were making the same missteps as Democrats when Obamacare was slopped together in a fury of revisions over Christmas.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 23, 2017 11 Comments
The American Health Care Act (AHCA) dubbed Ryancare, Trumpcare, GOPcare, and even RINOcare (take your pick), is the first step of three in repealing and replacing Obamacare, so we're told. This first bit of legislation can only address tenets of Obamcare that pertain to the budget (see also: reconciliation). Congressional Republicans have promised more substantive regulatory changes and reforms in bills to follow. The House is slated to vote on the AHCA Thursday, but do Republicans have the votes?
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