Despite intensive lobbying by President Trump and congressional leaders, the Republican healthcare bill still lacks majority support with hours left before the scheduled vote, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday. Although Spicer insisted that the vote-gathering is continuing to "make progress," he made clear that the White House does not yet have a majority. His remarks came after a meeting between Trump and members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. White House officials have floated a variety of proposals to try to woo enough votes from conservatives to get to a majority. Many of the proposals being made to pick up conservative votes run the risk of alienating more moderate members.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 23, 2017 18:02 UTC