Final debate on the American Health Care Act, legislation that aimed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, began March 24, 2017, but the bill was withdrawn at the last minute ahead of a vote.
President Donald Trump, flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, right, before addressing members of the media regarding the health-care overhaul bill, Friday, March 24, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
(Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)From left, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., and Jim Clyburn, D-S.C. take questions from members of the media during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017. 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. Pelosi is mocking House Republicans for failing to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health law. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (Andrew Harnik / AP)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, accompanied by Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., left, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., second from left, as they joke while speaking at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017. 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.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during a news conference to announce that he has pulled the health care overhaul bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017, after Republican leaders 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.
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House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., center, whose conservative faction of the GOP bucked the Republican health care bill, heads to caucus meeting in the basement of the Capitol before House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., announces that he is abruptly pulling their troubled health-care bill off the House floor, in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017.
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President Donald J. Trump attends a Greek Independence Day celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 24, 2017. Republican lawmakers in the House may not have the votes to repeal and replace Obamacare, when their long-awaited vote comes to the House floor on Capitol Hill later in the day.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) departs from the White House after meeting with President Donald Trump, on March 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. Ryan met with Trump regarding issues related to repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.
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Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz, a member of the very conservative House Freedom Caucus, walks through Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill on March 24, 2017, as the House nears a vote on their health care overhaul.
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., one of the stewards of the Republican health care legislation, speaks with reporters outside the House Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 24, 2017, where the final wording of the bill was completed before going to the floor for debate.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., answers questions at a news conference where House Democratic leaders responded to Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2017, in Washington. Also pictured are, from left, Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., and Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C.
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House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., answers questions at a news conference where House Democratic leaders responded to Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2017, in Washington. Also pictured is Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., listens to questions at a news conference where House Democratic leaders responded to Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2017, in Washington.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., waves to tourists as he walks back to his office after a procedural vote related to the proposed American Health Care Act on Capitol Hill on March 24, 2017, in Washington.
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House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., exits the House floor after a procedural vote related to the American Health Care Act on Capitol Hill on March 24, 2017, in Washington.
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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy talks with a reporter as he walks to his office in the U.S. Capitol in Washingtonon March 24, 2017. House leaders continue working toward a vote on the American Health Care Act.
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, left, is interviewed as he walks through Statuary Hall in the US Capitol in Washington, DC on March 24, 2017.
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Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin pats a girl on the head while walking out of his office on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 24, 2017, as the House nears a vote on its health care overhaul.
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Tourists pack the seats in Statuary Hall as debate begins on the proposed American Health Care Act in the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2017, in Washington. Final debate on the act, legislation aimed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, began Friday morning.
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., one of the stewards of the Republican health care legislation, carries a binder labeled “Essential Health Benefits” as he leaves the Capitol Hill office of House Speaker Paul Ryanon March 24, 2017, as the House nears a vote on their health care overhaul.
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House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, and Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., preside over a hearing on the rules that will dictate debate on the proposed American Health Care Act at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2017, in Washington. The committee passed rules that create an hour of debate on the rules and three hours of debate on the legislation aimed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, talks with a staff member following a hearing on the rules that will dictate debate on the American Health Care Act at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2017, in Washington.
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Members of the House Rules Committee work on the rules that will dictate debate on the American Health Care Act at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2017, in Washington.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 24, 2017, as a showdown is set for a vote on the Republican health care overhaul after President Donald Trump made clear he is finished negotiating with GOP holdouts.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan leaves a meeting of the House Republican Caucus, which White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus also attended, at the U.S. Capitol on March 23, 2017, in Washington.
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