House Republican leaders abruptly pulled a rewrite of the nation’s health-care system from consideration on Friday, a dramatic defeat for President Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) that leaves a major campaign promise unfulfilled and casts doubt on the Republican Party’s ability to govern. Instead, he said he would wait for the current law encounter problems, believing that Democrats will want to work with the White House to make changes. “The blame falls with President Trump and with the Republicans,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement. DOA.”“We’re done with health care this year,” added Rep. Bill Flores (R-Tex.). No matter what happens, the White House did not think that defeat would slow other parts of Trump’s agenda including tax reform and immigration reform, Spicer added.

Source: Washington Post March 24, 2017 11:11 UTC