Republicans have 52 members in the Senate, which means they can afford only a couple of defections if they are to pass House Republicans' Obamacare replacement bill. on ABC: “I'm afraid that if they vote for this bill, they're going to put the House majority at risk next year. Conservatives want the Medicaid expansion to be reined in sooner and the “Cadillac tax” to be cut. If the Medicaid expansion were ended sooner, how could Heller explain voting for it? And if the likes of Paul and Cotton stick to anything close to those postures, the bill is dead on arrival in the Senate.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2017 15:40 UTC