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President Trump listens to a speaker during a Greek Independence Day celebration in the East Room of the White House Friday. The stunning collapse of the Republican health-care bill now imperils the rest of President Trump's ambitious congressional agenda, with few prospects for quick victory on tax reform, construction projects or a host of other issues in the months ahead despite complete GOP control of government.
President Donald Trump and GOP leaders pulled their bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act off the House floor Friday when it became clear that the bill would fail. President Donald Trump, flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Vice President Mike Pence, speaks Friday in the Oval Offic... House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, with Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., behind her, said Friday that "Today is a great day for our country, what happened o... Thwarted by two factions of fellow Republicans, from the center and far right, House Speaker Paul Ryan said former President Barack Obama's health care law, the GOP's No.
One extra day could not buy President Donald Trump and his Republican Congress the first major legislative victory they needed to set the tone for the new administration. Republicans canceled a crucial health care bill vote at the last minute Friday rather than lose a battle of numbers on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
House Speaker Paul Ryan sensationally pulled his Obamacare repeal bill from the floor on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump had threatened to walk away from health care reform if he didn't get a vote. After a dramatic day on Capitol Hill, Ryan rushed from the White House to Capitol Hill to tell Trump he did not have the votes to pass the measure, the culmination of seven years of Republican efforts to eradicate President Barack Obama's proudest domestic achievement.
President Donald Trump is praising a plan by cable company Charter Communications to invest $25 billion and hire 20,000 American workers over the next four years. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Charter Communications CEO Thomas Rutledge joined Trump at the White House for the announcement.
President Donald Trump says, "we'll see what happens," in response to a question about what happens if the vote on the Republican-backed health care bill fails in the House. Trump is offering his support for House Speaker Paul Ryan at a White House event announcing the presidential permit about the Keystone XL pipeline.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb says he supports congressional Republican's bill to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law. Holcomb's support is somewhat at odds with his own statements calling on Washington Republicans to spare Medicaid funding, which pays for a state program covering poor people.
One is its public face, epitomized by President Donald Trump's incessant tweeting and his zest for unprovoked criticism of everyone from political foes to longtime U.S. allies. Even many supporters question his refusal to transition from campaign to governing mode.
In this Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, Seema Verma, left, nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, gets on an elevator in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. Verma was confirmed by the Senate on March 13. less FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, Seema Verma, left, nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, gets on an elevator in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York.
Their consideration in the home state of Vice President Mike Pence comes as universities across the U.S. grapple with whether to adopt policies some say will protect students who came to the country without legal permission. The movement picked up steam following the November presidential election.
President Donald Trump has vowed to press ahead with a controversial plan, slowed by bickering within his Republican party, to repeal Barack Obama's signature healthcare law. "We are making great progress with healthcare.
President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to press ahead with a controversial plan, slowed by bickering within his Republican party, to repeal Barack Obama's signature healthcare law. "We are making great progress with healthcare.
Vice President Mike Pence, armed with the Republican bill to overhaul the health care system, put subtle but direct pressure Saturday on Republicans thinking about bucking President Donald Trump's administration and their leadership on Capitol Hill over the legislation. Pence cast the current debate over health care as the best chance Republicans have to repeal and replace Obamacare, President Barack Obama's sweeping 2010 health care law, and said the administration needs all Republicans to be with them in this effort.
Vice President Mike Pence defended the House GOP health care proposal on Saturday, venturing to Kentucky to counter opposition from the state's Republican governor and its junior GOP senator. Pence acknowledged that not all of the state's political leaders back the House leadership's plan, but told small business leaders that President Donald Trump would lean on House Republicans -- including two Kentucky lawmakers in attendance, Reps.
Vice President Mike Pence delivered a strong endorsement Saturday morning of the GOP's replacement bill for the Affordable Care Act, which was introduced earlier in the week by House Republican leadership and supported by President Donald Trump. Pence, who spoke to constitutents in Kentucky, highlighted some of the pitfalls of Obamacare, including rising premiums and a lack of carrier options.
Vice President Mike Pence hits the road today to pitch the Republican health care bill unveiled last week as the proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare. Pence will visit Louisville, Kentucky where, joined by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, he will meet with small business representatives and participate in listening sessions to discuss the president's economic agenda and the future of the country's health care laws, according to the vice president's office.
Vice President Mike Pence is taking the Trump administration's case for a healthcare overhaul to Kentucky, where one of the state's GOP senators has been a leading critic of the White House-backed overhaul and the governor is unimpressed with the current proposal to replace the Obama-era law. Pence planned to tour an energy services company Saturday with Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, part of an effort to reassure conservatives who have raised objections to the House GOP healthcare proposal that would scrap former President Barack Obama's law.
Vice President Mike Pence speaks to the Latino Coalition's "Make Small Business Great Again Policy Summit" in Washington, March 9, 2017. Vice President Mike Pence hits the road today to pitch the Republican health care bill unveiled last week as the proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare .
Vice President Mike Pence, center, smiles as he joins Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, to speak with reporters about the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. () The outright repeal of Obamacare was always going to be a grind , legislatively speaking.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks to reporters about Republican efforts to craft an "Obamacare" replacement bill, Thursday, March 9, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.