House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), left, listens to the committee's ranking member, Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) House Republicans scored a pre-dawn triumph Thursday in their effort to scuttle former President Obama's healthcare overhaul, but it masked deeper problems as hospitals, doctors and consumer groups mounted intensifying opposition to the GOP healthcare drive. It was a victory of high symbolism because Obama's so-called individual mandate is perhaps the part of the statute that Republicans most detest. Even so, the White House and Republican leaders confront a GOP and outside groups badly divided over the party's high-stakes overhaul crusade. Ways and Means members worked till nearly 4:30 a.m. EST before approving the final batch of tax provisions in a party-line 23-16 vote.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 09, 2017 14:48 UTC