With the GOP health care bill under fire, House Speaker Paul Ryan went full wonk Thursday in a bid to sell the legislation to voters and colleagues -- rolling up his sleeves for an extensive PowerPoint presentation. “This is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing ObamaCare,” Ryan said, after wheeling out a television for his de facto seminar broadcast live on multiple news channels. The unusual classroom-style lesson marked Republican leaders' latest effort to get creative in order to keep the legislation on the rails. Two House committees -- Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce -- advanced their parts of the legislation on Thursday despite Democratic opposition and concern from other groups. Ryan, at his demonstration, stressed that the legislation is part of a "three-pronged approach" to repealing and replacing ObamaCare.

Source: Fox News March 09, 2017 20:29 UTC