GOP backs off a health-care push that threatened deal to avert shutdown Under pressure from the White House, House Republican leaders appeared to be gauging support for a vote on health care as early as Friday but ultimately determined they didn’t have enough support. The move had alarmed key Democrats, who said they would pull their support from an agreement to keep the government open past midnight Friday if Republicans brought the health-care bill to a vote. By Kelsey Snell and Paul Kane  •  Read more » -- House Republicans delayed a vote to rewrite parts of the Affordable Care Act, denying the Trump administration a critical victory after a late push to act on health care threatened the bipartisan deal to fund the government. Kelsey Snell and Paul Kane report: “The failure of Republicans to unite behind the new health-care measure was a blow to White House officials, who were eager to see a vote ahead of [Trump’s] 100-day mark. Congressional leaders were more focused this week on securing a spending agreement … It was also evidence of just how divided Republicans are about how to overhaul Obamacare, despite seven years of GOP promises to repeal and replace the 2010 law. Conservatives and moderates have repeatedly clashed over the contours of such a revamp, most sharply over bringing down insurance premiums in exchange for limiting the kind of coverage that is required to be offered.” As many as 15 or so House Republicans publicly said they will not support the latest proposal; crafted among the White House, the House Freedom Caucus, and a leading moderate lawmaker. That leaves Paul Ryan and the Trump administration with an incredibly narrow path for passage. Ryan is only able to lose 22 Republicans on the vote.