Freedom Caucus: House doesn’t have votes for health plan

Published March 8, 2017 3:09am ET



Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus emerged after a closed-door meeting late Tuesday emphasizing the new GOP repeal plan has no chance of passage in the House in its current form.

The stance was taken after President Trump and Vice President Pence sought to get Republicans to unite on the American Health Care Act, a bill released late Monday by House leadership that repeals parts of Obamacare and partially replaces it. A top White House official also reportedly told the Freedom Caucus conservatives that the White House is open to negotiations on the bill.

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