Jake Sherman: Trump’s ‘Influence on the Hill Is Not What He Thought It Was’ on Health Care

‘That’s a big problem’

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GEIST: "There’s so much happening on Capitol Hill, I haven’t mentioned the health care vote or lack thereof. Will there ever be a health care vote? Are they ever going to vote on this new bill?"
SHERMAN: "They say they will. I’m increasingly skeptical. As I left the hill last night I was talking to my colleagues. We wrote there’s a simple thing emerging. Some Republicans don’t want to repeal ObamaCare, and Republicans were warning us about this back in 2010 and 2011 when Democrats passed ObamaCare. They said, listen, this is a new benefit a lot of Americans are getting. It’s going to be tough to take it away. Listen, I think they could and might get enough stroets pass this next week, bup it ain’t easy. President Trump’s influence on the hill, he was pressing, personally pressing for a vote this week. His influence on the hill is not what he thought it was. That’s a big problem."

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