A group of the most conservative House members met with the president at the White House on Wednesday. On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Trump met with moderate House Republicans for over an hour in the Oval Office to entertain their concerns, but did not appear to have a clear grasp of the policy specifics in question, some of them said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Trump, a man who rushes to hang his name in gold anywhere he can, has rejected the moniker that some have given the House bill, Trumpcare. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyPart of the bill’s problem is time itself. Then, House Republican leaders had to keep the vote open for hours as they twisted arms, finally securing passage, 216-215, over the opposition of the party’s most conservative members, including then-Representative Mike Pence, Republican of Indiana.

Source: New York Times March 22, 2017 17:29 UTC