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FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. House Republican leaders want to shift more than $2 billion in Medicaid costs from upstate counties to the New York State government. The provision would help mostly Republican-controlled counties that have struggled to subsidize Medicaid payments for the poor. New York City wouldnt get the same relief. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Republicans reschedule Obamacare showdown vote for Friday

President Trump's team delivered a final ultimatum to House Republicans Thursday night, saying they'll make one more round of changes to the health bill, then hold a final vote -- and if it fails, they're done.

March 23, 2017
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by her grandson Thomas, walks to a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017, as the GOP's long-promised legislation to repeal and replace "Obamacare" comes to a showdown vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi: Trump made a rookie’s error’ on health care push

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said President Trump made a major blunder by pushing to repeal and replace Obamacare on the anniversary of the overhaul's passage, saying it's unwise to pick a day and then hope the support is there in time.

March 23, 2017
Rep. Jim McGovern, Massachusetts Democrat, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 7, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Democrats beg GOP to slow down on Obamacare repeal

House Democrats implored Republicans to pump the brakes on a fast-moving plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, saying they were hurtling toward a Thursday vote on legislation that affects millions yet could significantly change before the end of the day.

March 23, 2017
Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus, arrives for the meeting of the Republican Conference with President Donald Trump as he rallied support for the GOP health care bill at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Trump has been trying to persuade reluctant members of the Freedom Caucus to get behind the bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Freedom Caucus to House leaders: Delay health vote to avoid failure

Hard-line conservatives told House leaders to delay Thursday's high-stakes floor showdown on Obamacare, saying the repeal bill doesn't have enough support to pass -- putting them on a collision course with President Trump, who says this is the only chance Republicans will have.

March 22, 2017
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March, 13, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats dig in for final defense of Obamacare

House Democrats on Wednesday kicked off their last-ditch defense of Obamacare by demanding a new budget analysis of the GOP's plan to repeal and replace the 2010 overhaul, saying it it impossible to know how last-minute changes will affect the people they represent.

March 22, 2017
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event to formally launch the Biden Institute, a research and policy center focused on domestic issues at the University of Delaware, in Newark, Del., Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Joe Biden to rally with Dems in support of Obamacare

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden will rally with House Democrats in defense of Obamacare on Wednesday, just one day before the seventh anniversary of its passage and a planned vote to gut the law.

March 20, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about veterans affairs, Friday, March 17, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump says he’s changing minds on health care bill

President Trump said Friday that he's winning over Republican lawmakers who were opposed to the administration-backed health care bill to replace and repeal Obamacare, and he predicted the measure will now pass the House.

March 17, 2017