Here’s a look at who’s blaming whom for the failure of the House bill, in public and in private. He also said he was “disappointed” and “surprised” that he had not been able to get more members of the hard-line Freedom Caucus to sign on to the plan. House Freedom Caucus and Paul Ryanpublicly blames House Freedom Caucus Paul D. Ryan Privately blamesThe largest group of holdouts came from the House Freedom Caucus, a group of about 30 of the most conservative House members. Moderate RepublicansModerate Republicans House Freedom Caucus President TrumpSeveral moderate House Republicans came out against the legislation after President Trump agreed to scrap a provision mandating “essential benefits” in an effort to woo members of the Freedom Caucus. “In order to get this bill out of the House,” said Representative Charlie Dent, a moderate Pennsylvania Republican, they “pushed this bill too far to the right.”Conservative News MediaConservative Media Paul D. Ryan

Source: New York Times March 25, 2017 00:56 UTC