It’s the Tom Price bill that most conservatives co-sponsored here just last year,” Ryan told Ingraham, who has built her career opposing most of what Republican leaders in Congress support. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post)This appears to be a risky bet for the speaker’s political standing because of the mounting concerns on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum of House and Senate Republicans. Some Senate Republicans are telling their House counterparts that’s where they are headed — and they are warning them to do nothing instead. However, there’s a large silent majority of House Republicans who have made the opposite political calculation. This big contingent of House Republicans take their leadership at its word that this is the best chance to truly repeal what they call Obamacare, House GOP advisers said.
Source: Washington Post March 15, 2017 19:21 UTC