US House to vote on ObamaCare repeal Thursday

by Dolapo Adelana

The United States House of Representatives will vote on Thursday to repeal and replace Obamacare.

If successful, it would be a significant victory for President Donald Trump in the legislature.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is confident the bill will be passed.

“We will be voting on the health care votes tomorrow. Because we have enough votes. It’ll pass. It’s a good bill,” McCarthy told reporters Wednesday night shortly after leaving Speaker Paul Ryan’s office.

Peppered with questions, McCarthy responded enthusiastically, “We’re gonna pass it. We’re gonna pass it. Let’s be optimistic about life!”

The decision to call a vote is premised on the belief by Republicans that they have secured enough votes to pass the Republican health care bill.

It was gathered that Vice President Mike Pence had spent hours on Capitol Hill Wednesday, while members were seen walking in and out of the speaker’s office all day.

White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said he is “optimistic” about the outcome.

However, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi blasted the bill and decision to vote Thursday.

“Forcing a vote without a CBO score shows that Republicans are terrified of the public learning the full consequences of their plan to push Americans with pre-existing conditions into the cold,” Pelosi said in a statement. “But tomorrow, House Republicans are going to tattoo this moral monstrosity to their foreheads, and the American people will hold them accountable.”

A key element to the passage of the bill is the House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservatives who helped scuttle the previous bill in March, but now support the legislation.

Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows said only one member of the group opposes the bill. “We’re not going to lose any votes because of it,” he said.

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