President faces dual clashes in Congress
It's the combative new president's first real fight with
And his game is brinksmanship. Late yesterday, Trump abandoned negotiations and demanded a make-or-break vote on his health care legislation in the House, threatening to leave "Obamacare" in place and move on to other issues if today's vote fails.
Turning his favorite weapon -- Twitter -- on
The risky move, part gamble and part threat, was presented to
" 'Negotiations are over, we'd like to vote tomorrow and let's get this done for the American people.' That was it," California
"Let's vote,"
"Rookie's error for bringing this up on a day when clearly you're not ready," Pelosi told reporters.
Other
"The bottom line here is that there are millions of people across the country who are screaming for us to fix the inequities in health care," Massachusetts
Meanwhile, in the
Senate Democratic Leader
The
The filibuster threat, fueled by anger over
Applied to Trump's potential future nominees, that would give
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