Rep. Kevin Brady, who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, is predicting that the House will pass legislation repealing parts of Obamacare but said Thursday morning he wasn’t sure when a vote might actually take place.
“I don’t know of the timing - it depends upon how the meetings go today,” Mr. Brady, Texas Republican, said on CNBC.
“But yeah, I do think at the end of the day it does pass because look, we are so close and agree on so much of this,” he said. “You can’t tell me after seven years and all this work that we can’t finish it out.”
Mr. Brady has been one of the bill’s leading proponents in the House, and GOP leaders wanted a floor vote on the legislation on Thursday.
He spoke as President Trump and other House Republicans were still working to win over enough GOP members to get the legislation across the finish line, on the assumption that no Democrats will support it.
Mr. Brady said the president has been “listening very carefully” in every meeting the two have been in together.
“He knows what’s at stake here. He knows we just can’t repeal and walk away,” he said. “I like what I’m seeing out of the White House right now.”
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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