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BBC: Trump blames Democrats for failed healthcare bill

By BBC.

Published March 25, 2017 at 11:23 am

US President Donald Trump, with Vice President Mike Pence (R) speaks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 24. Trump on Friday asked US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to withdraw the embattled Republican health care bill, moments before a vote, signaling a major political defeat for the US president.

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Both houses of Congress are controlled by Mr Trump’s Republican party but the bill was withdrawn on Friday because it could not get the votes required.

Speaking to the Washington Post, Mr Trump said “We couldn’t get one Democratic vote, and we were a little bit shy… so we pulled it.”