President Donald Trump has warned Republicans that he wants a vote on a new healthcare bill to go through without further delay. Republican leaders in the House of Representatives were due to hold a vote on the new healthcare bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), on Thursday evening. While the Republicans have a majority in the House, they can only afford to have 22 of their number vote against the bill for it to fail. According to congressman Chris Collins, White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told lawmakers Trump demanded a Friday vote -- giving Republicans a straight choice between leaving the Affordable Care Act as it was, or adopting the new bill with amendments. Democratic Minority BlocDemocrats in the House have said they would vote against AHCA as a bloc.

Source: Egypt Independent March 24, 2017 09:22 UTC