HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump warned his fellow Republicans of big losses at the ballot box if they fail to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Wednesday [3-22-17] and Thursday, we’ll learn if House Republicans heed that message and back legislation that has already tested the President’s political prowess and has Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan furiously counting every available vote.
‘This is an all-hands-on deck situation,’ a senior House GOP aide said Tuesday.
According to CNN’s ongoing whip count as of Wednesday morning, 21 House Republicans have flat-out said they will vote against the bill to repeal or replace Obamacare, while five more have indicated they are likely to oppose it.
Trump and Ryan must get 216 Republicans on board and can afford only 21 defections, if no Democrat joins them.”
-MJ Lee, “‘All hands on deck’ for GOP, Trump as health care vote approaches,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, March 22, 2017