Lawmakers on two key committees in the u. S. House of representatives have been working through the night on a gop healthcare reform measure. Fixing the Affordable Care act. But its facing fierce opposition from democrats and many republicans. Abcs lana zak is in northwest with more. 1013 3438 too quick 120125 128end President Trump is appearing to mend last month, the president claimed maryland congressman Elijah Cummings skipped a meeting the two had scheduled. Cummings flatly denied the accusations. Finally after some backandforth, the two met for an hour wednesday. Cummings said he and the president discussed ways to give the government more authority to negotiate drug prices. Afterwards, the president sent out a tweet, saying the two had a great discussion. One of the biggest items on President Trumps agendarepeal and replace the Affordable Care act. As part of the white house effort to gain osupport for their new plan. Vicepresident mike pence appeared live on abc 7 last night w
Breaking overnight. A homicide House Republicans are getting closer to a first victory in their plans to repeal and replace obamacare. This is a live look on capitol hill. The ways and Means Committee could vote any minute to abolish the tax penalty for peoole who dont purchase insurance. President trump has said health care is one of his biggest missions. Abc7 chief Political Correspondent scott thuman sat down with Vice President mike pence. Hear that exclusive interview coming up at 5 30. New this morning. The state of hawaii has become the first state to sue over President Trumps revised travel ban. Hawaiis lawsuit says the order will harm hawaiis muslim population, tourism and foreign students. The judge has scheduled a hearing in the case for next wednesday march thats a day before the revised travel ban is due to take effect. Right now at t is trying to figure out what caused a 911 outage across the country, including our area. Jummy olabanji is at the live desk jummy . Autria,