Republican leaders drove their long-promised legislation to dismantle Barack Obama's health care law over its first big hurdles in the House on Thursday and claimed fresh momentum despite cries of protest from right, left and center. "What we have seen is the Republicans' long-feared and job-killing health bill that means less coverage and more cost to American people," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California. "House health care bill can't pass Senate w/o major changes. "It's a good bill," he said As for how to attract conservative lawmakers, he asked rhetorically, "They're going to support Obamacare?" Ramping up pressure on GOP dissidents, a political group close to House Republican leaders said it was launching a TV ad campaign targeting 30 conservative lawmakers, mostly members of the Freedom Caucus.

Source: ABC News March 09, 2017 09:10 UTC