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They are playing with about 22 22 to 35 votes that are no, meaning no. The bill can only afford to lose votes on the floor to get the 216 for passage to the senate. Votes, conservatives, many rom the House Freedom caucus, pretty intractable right now. We had President Trump on the me, monday morning, excuse tuesday morning, feels like the days are running together right now. Morning, yesterday. Congoaled, warns, threatened to get republicans to, you know, this when theport house takes it up on thursday. After many meetings, especially House Freedom caucus several times together and separately with the various folks, its including mike pence, who has been on the seems,ound the clock, it many are still no vote. Host molly cooper, you say warning members yesterday, focusing more on the stick than the carrot when it moving vo ....
I thought overall this was a very, very good bill. I thought tom price, dr. Tom price who really is amazing on health care in his knowledge, i thought he did a fantastic job. Same with mike pence. Thank you very much. Joni is now from statuary hall, molly cooper of the hill. How did we get here . We got here because the republicans did not have the vote. Part of the reason is because it was a small group of republicans who just were not going to be voting for it. Caucus,of the freedom they were retractable votes. It was clear that the president was not going to be able to get them. Basically, House Speaker paul ryan took a trip to the white house, have lunch with the president , comes back, holds an emergency meeting with his conference, telling them, guess what, heres the deal, we are not going to have the vote, i will not put you on the chopping. Lock to have a tough vote that is it. Host how many votes are we talking about . Whe ....
Paul ryan took a trip down to the white house, have lunch with has lunch with the president , comes back and hold an emergency meeting, telling them, no microphones from what i am told saying guess what, here is the deal. No book, i will not put you on the chopping block. Were pulling it. I do not know when it will come back up. So how many votes were we talking about . Are there any Freedom Caucus members who decided to vote yes . Molly it is interesting. As the morning went on, the no votes were piling up. If they are going the opposite direction it is interesting watching the first round of votes on the floor. Speaker ryan talking to 1, 2, three people. It was clear from his body language that he was not happy. Once these members dug in, it was just about placating them. Vice president mike pence went to the with the Freedom Caucus party members, and it was clear that they ....
Paul ryan took a trip down to the white house, have lunch with has lunch with the president , comes back and hold an emergency meeting, telling them, no microphones from what i am told saying guess what, here is the deal. No book, i will not put you on the chopping block. Were pulling it. I do not know when it will come back up. So how many votes were we talking about . Are there any Freedom Caucus members who decided to vote yes . Molly it is interesting. As the morning went on, the no votes were piling up. If they are going the opposite direction it is interesting watching the first round of votes on the floor. Speaker ryan talking to 1, 2, three people. It was clear from his body language that he was not happy. Once these members dug in, it was just about placating them. Vice president mike pence went to the with the Freedom Caucus party members, and it was clear that they ....
Paul ryan took a trip down to the white house, have lunch with has lunch with the president , comes back and hold an emergency meeting, telling them, no microphones from what i am told saying guess what, here is the deal. No book, i will not put you on the chopping block. Were pulling it. I do not know when it will come back up. So how many votes were we talking about . Are there any Freedom Caucus members who decided to vote yes . Molly it is interesting. As the morning went on, the no votes were piling up. If they are going the opposite direction it is interesting watching the first round of votes on the floor. Speaker ryan talking to 1, 2, three people. It was clear from his body language that he was not happy. Once these members dug in, it was just about placating them. Vice president mike pence went to the with the Freedom Caucus party members, and it was clear that they ....