- Title: Pence returns to Capitol Hill for health care talks
- Date: 5th April 2017
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE) (REUTERS) EVENING SHOT OF CAPITOL HILL
- Embargoed: 19th April 2017 01:36
- Keywords: Trump Pence Capitol Hill health care Obamacare Affordable Care Act Republicans
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Lawmaking,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0016B4FFIF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Vice President Mike Pence returned to Capitol Hill Tuesday (April 4) to meet with Republican lawmakers as part of an effort to revive a plan to repeal and partially replace Obamacare.
The White House would like to see a revised bill come up for a vote as early as week's end, before the House breaks for a spring recess.
Less than two weeks ago, House Speaker Paul Ryan was forced to cancel a vote on a bill to replace the 2010 Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, when it was clear he could not deliver the votes needed for it to pass.
The defeat was a big political setback for Trump and fellow Republicans in Congress who were elected on pledges to repeal and replace former Democratic President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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