If Rep. Slaughter Still Out Sick Thursday, GOP Would Need One Fewer Vote To Pass AHCA

By John Wilkerson / March 22, 2017 at 5:48 PM
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) is out sick, according to her spokesperson, and if she can't make the vote on the American Health Care Act Thursday (March 23) Republicans would need one less lawmaker to vote for the GOP health bill to secure its passage. Normally, one of the 435 House lawmakers missing a vote would not matter, but Republicans are counting every head for what is expected to be a tight vote. Jeff Gohringer, Slaughter's spokesperson, declined to say what...


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