U.S. Speaker Ryan dented by healthcare debacle, but keeps support


  • World
  • Saturday, 25 Mar 2017

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) holds a news conference after Republicans pulled the American Health Care Act bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act act known as Obamacare, prior to a vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday acknowledged the unthinkable for a Republican leader: he could not deliver the votes to repeal and replace Obamacare, even though he and his fellow Republicans had vowed to do so for seven years.

Nevertheless, Ryan's job did not seem to be under immediate threat, at least not in the House of Representatives he leads.

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