U.S. House Freedom Caucus chair: Healthcare bill lacks votes to pass

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



Wed Mar 22, 2017 | 1:20pm EDT

The head of the U.S. House Freedom Caucus on Wednesday said there were still not enough votes to pass the Republican healthcare plan, but that he remained hopeful for potential changes to the bill following a meeting at the White House.

U.S. Representative Mark Meadows, who leads the group of conservative lawmakers, said that Vice President Mike Pence discussed "a couple of options" to win votes from caucus members and that he hoped Republicans could reach a consensus on the proposed legislation to rollback Obamacare.

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[Kimchijeon]

1. Good!!!! Hope it dies and doesn't get "revised" etc... it needs to flame out

[Thor_MN]

2. Be aware that this group disaproves because it isn't worse than it is.

Any compromises this group would approve of would be absolute disasters for people.