White House Predicts Healthcare Vote Soon

White House Predicts Healthcare Vote Soon
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WASHINGTON—Top aides to President Donald Trump on Monday predicted a vote this week in the House of Representatives on legislation to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system even as Republican lawmakers remained skeptical.

In separate interviews on CBS News on Monday, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and White House economic adviser Gary Cohn predicted action to unwind former Democratic President Barack Obama’s healthcare law would soon succeed.

“I think it will happen this week,” Priebus said on CBS “This Morning” television program.

Cohn told CBS he expects the plan to come to the House floor for a full vote, saying the White House was “convinced we’ve got the votes.”

Yet moderate Republican lawmakers and aides said they were skeptical that a vote could come together this week as lawmakers remained divided.

Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn (L) and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (R) listen druing an event at the Kennedy Garden of the White House in Washington on May 1, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn (L) and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (R) listen druing an event at the Kennedy Garden of the White House in Washington on May 1, 2017. Alex Wong/Getty Images