Trump faces down a possible Republican revolt over Obamacare repeal
Washington — US President Donald Trump warned Republican legislators on Tuesday that voters could punish them if they do not approve a plan he favours to dismantle Obamacare, as pressure grew on the businessman-turned-politician to win the first major legislative battle of his presidency. In one of the few visits he has made to the US Capitol since taking office, Trump told fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives they would face "political problems" for opposing the bill that takes apart Obamacare and partially replaces it. "The president was really clear: he laid it on the line for everybody," House Speaker Paul Ryan, the leading proponent of the bill, told reporters. "We made a promise. Now is our time to keep that promise.... If we don’t keep our promise, it will be very hard to manage this." While Republicans control both chambers of Congress, the party’s leaders face a difficult task in uniting their members behind the healthcare bill, just the first of a series of r...
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