the vote to repeal and replace obamacare was planned to be up for an historic vote tonight. no more. the reason, republicans simply don t have the votes. cnn s latest count has 30 house republicans either definite nos or leaning that way. the math is simple. republicans can only afford the lose no more than 21 from their party, because, of course, democrats aren t voting for it. so, now what? the house speaker is huddling right now with his entire party behind closed doors to figure that out. a sign of just how high the stakes are for the president tonight, a full-court press from the white house. steve bannon, reince priebus, the budget director, mick mulvaney, all over at the capital, trying to twist arms, as well. the freedom caucus, a group of conservatives is the linchpin right now. the 40 members have frustrated the white house and congressional leaders, as they have the numbers to either push this thing through, or force the bill to fall apart completely. the question right now,
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