House GOP abruptly pulls troubled health care bill

WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders have abruptly pulled their troubled health care overhaul bill off the House floor, short of votes and eager to avoid a humiliating defeat for President Donald Trump and GOP leaders.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., withdrew the legislation after Trump called him and asked him to halt debate without a vote, according to Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong. Just a day earlier, Trump had demanded a House vote and said if the measure lost, he would move on to other issues.
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President Donald Trump says his health care reform fell short because it lacked support from Democrats.

Trump made his first comments about the failure of a signature legislative item Friday in the Oval Office a short time after a House vote on the bill was cancelled.

RAW VIDEO: Paul Ryan speaks after pulled health care bill


Trump told reporters "we were very close" and tried to blame Democrats, through Republicans control both the House and the Senate.
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He also predicted the Affordable Care Act would soon implode, forcing Democrats to join the Republicans at the negotiating table.

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