Ryan Cancels Health Care Vote After Sustained Conservative and Moderate Opposition

Republicans pulled out all the stops but ultimately pulled the bill.

After a torturous and unsuccessful effort to satisfy opponents in both wings of the party, full of late-night meetings on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue and a last-ditch amendment process, House speaker Paul Ryan yanked the American Health Care Act ahead of a scheduled vote Friday afternoon, effectively setting aside a signature issue on which the GOP campaigned for years and watched disintegrate in a matter of days.