White House: We Expect House Will Vote On O’Care Replacement Tonight

White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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White House press secretary Sean Spicer said he expected the House would vote on the American Health Care Act Thursday night.

Reuters’ Jeff Mason asked Spicer at his daily press briefing if he expected there would be a vote on the bill “tonight.”

“That’s what I understand is the House’s schedule, yes,” he responded.

“Any chance that that’s going to be pushed back?” Mason asked.

“That would be obviously up to Speaker Ryan and Leader McCarthy, but nothing leads me to believe that’s the case,” Spicer said.

House Republican leadership is trying to wrangle sufficient conservative votes in order to pass the bill — including with a promise that the Senate will remove Obamacare’s Essential Health Benefits from their version of the bill.

Some moderate Republicans, meanwhile, remain skeptical as well.

Also midday Thursday, the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus said “no deal” had been reached on the future of the bill, after a meeting with President Donald Trump.

Watch below via NBC:

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  1. When they get this passed, will they cheer?

  2. Well, they’d have to, wouldn’t they? Otherwise they wouldn’t be able to start the weekend first thing Friday morning.

  3. Once again, in the interests of saving time, here is the statement Trump will make when it fails:

    “This was something that was, you know, just — they wanted to do. And they came to see me and they explained what they wanted to do, the Republican leaders in Congress, who are very respected.”

    “And they lost health care."

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