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Enough votes to patch it in the house, perhaps a vote on the house floor. >> mike emanuel. thanks. >> jon: let's bring in our political possible. brad blakeman, capri caffaro is here with us. she's from american university's school of public affairs. capri, is this somehow a victory for democrats, the fact that there's no repeal and replace obamacare in the first 100 days? >> particularly in this context yes, it is. one of the things that the democratic leadership in the house said, we will sit on our hands and ensure that we do not give support for keeping the government open, which the dead ...

Replace of obamacare has been upgraded to alive. it seems we're getting a look at a you in amendment that promises to please both key conservative wings of the party and moderate wings as well. phil mattingly is live for us on capitol hill. phil, they're going to vote on this before the congressional budget office had a chance to analyze how it would impact tens of millions of americans? >> reporter: yeah, jake, one of the many elements that underscores the speed and urgency with which they're trying to move this. the reality when you talk to house leaders is this. if they have the votes, they...

Incident as though it is totally separate from everything happening with the russia investigation -- >> by the way, the base part of, you know, trump's support, they love the fact he blames obama on this. >> sure. >> and they believe it. >> i'm sure, right. >> let's talk about what is going on capitol hill with healthcare. do you think there will be a vote, perry, on this mcarthur amendment, this compromise healthcare legislation, compromise within the conservatives and moderates within the republican caucus by saturday? >> no. i think they've been honest they're not sure they have it. i think...

That. but president trump made clear in a "wall street journal" interview he saw this as leverage and he didn't want to pay for it, might not and if they wanted the money, congress would have to appropriate that. because of that democrats have set this down and said that money needs to be funded in this government bill or they won't come along. the administration has made very clear not only do they not want this in the spending bill but they will consider not making the payments themselves in may if democrats don't back down at some point soon. this is a real sticking point. paul ryan said cl...

Tuesday group, tom mc arthur, that they came up with the changes together. paul ryan called the amendment very constructive. >> we think the mcarthur amendment is a great way to lower premiums, give states more flexibility while protecting people with pre-existing conditions. those are the three things that you want to achieve. >> one of mcarthur's moderate co chairs says he's still not backing the bill. charlie dent of pennsylvania told the washington examiner based on what i've read, it does not change my position. i was a no and i remain a no. he says he's concerned a this bill would cut me...