Paul Ryan just canceled the House health bill vote in a major defeat for President Trump

[calinewarkwc69]

“First you get the votes, then you take the vote,” the Washington saying goes.

Paul Ryan failed to get the votes for his health bill. So he’s not taking the vote.

Republican leaders told members of Congress Friday that the House vote on the American Health Care Act, which President Donald Trump demanded for Friday, will not in fact happen.

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[rainbows_]

wouldn't put too much faith in this tweet, since Trump flip flops all the time, but:

Costa on MSNBC: Trump says bill won’t be coming back in near future & he’ll see if the Dems want to work with him on healthcare.
- David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 24, 2017

Pressuring Trump with commercials like these feels effective tho:

Speaker Ryan: “I don’t know what else to say other than Obamacare is the law of the land.” pic.twitter.com/cHWvvhNiFD
- Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) March 24, 2017

[hudebnik]

"My worry is Obamacare is gonna be getting even worse. Actually, I think we were probably doing the Democrats a favor... by passing this law before it gets even worse."

No, Paul, you're not worried that Obamacare is gonna get even worse; you're desperately HOPING it gets even worse. Your worry is that, after six years of Republicans pushing it off a cliff, it will continue stubbornly refusing to fall off a cliff; it will continue helping the American people, saving them money, and saving lives. Even worse than saving lives, it might give the American people the impression that government can work and do something positive -- your darkest nightmare.

Fortunately (for you), you have more leverage to sabotage Obamacare than you did six months ago: an HHS secretary who's sworn to destroy it by hook or by crook, and Republican majorities in both houses of Congress that can whittle away at its viability. Your party can still, without a dramatic Capitol Hill showdown, ...

• put lots of bureaucratic red tape in the way of Obamacare

[moonshaz]

Resistance: 1
Mangled Apricot Hellbeast: a big, fat, round GOOSE EGG!!!
Lyin' Ryan: same as above, except the egg is all over his smug, smirking face!

[mhfromnh]

[mhfromnh]

Home Alone 2

[lightframes]

godlike film

[bnmc2005]

Guys who wrote this bill are in shock. A couple darn near tears. They know how bad this is.
- Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) March 24, 2017

[flyingpigs_live]

now i wanna know who exactly wrote the bill.

[moonshaz]

ME, TOO!

[shortsweetcynic]

i honestly wasn't expecting to see this anytime in the next 4 years. or 2. or...however long, you know, i can only speculate so far.

[ladycyndra]

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA