After they won the White House in November, they said nothing else stood in the way of getting it done. President Donald Trump ― aka “the closer,” according to White House press secretary Sean Spicer ― couldn’t convince warring factions of House Republicans to get behind his bill. Moderates opposed it because it kicked 24 million people off of insurance and levied heavy costs on older, low-income Americans. Leadership was trying to hurry it up before the whole thing went off the rails, while members wanted to slow down. “With a 237-seat majority, we have to understand that we are no longer the party of no,” said Womack.

Source: Huffington Post March 25, 2017 01:00 UTC