--- title: AHCA: Livestream of House Republican Obamacare Repeal Vote description: The House is expected to vote on the American Health Care Act after a vote on Thursday stalled and President Trump issued an ultimatum canonical: https://time.com/4712205/ahca-health-care-repeal-vote-livestream/ author: Aric Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-24T14:10:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T08:21:57.971Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: The House Votes on Legislation to Repeal Obamacare og:description: It's now or never for the Republicans, according to President Trump og:url: https://time.com/4712205/ahca-health-care-repeal-vote-livestream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacf4aa7c5cd8c835/6988bc7e2dce019e4f9ec777/donald-trump22.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5472 og:image:height: 3078 og:image:alt: President Donald Trump arrives to addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Feb. 28, 2017 in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: The House Votes on Legislation to Repeal Obamacare twitter:description: It's now or never for the Republicans, according to President Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacf4aa7c5cd8c835/6988bc7e2dce019e4f9ec777/donald-trump22.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: The House Votes on Legislation to Repeal Obamacare > Sponsored content. 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Republican lawmakers on Friday pulled the health care reform bill they had presented as a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, abandoning the plan after it became clear they lacked the votes for it to pass._ by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Mar 24, 2017 2:10 PM UTC by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Mar 24, 2017 2:10 PM UTC The House is expected to vote on the proposed [Obamacare replacement bill](http://time.com/money/4691860/obamacare-repeal-replacement-plan/) on Friday, after a vote on Thursday [stalled](http://time.com/4710735/republican-health-care-repeal-bill-obamacare/) and President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4710614/donald-trump-fbi-surveillance-house-intelligence-committee/) issued an [ultimatum](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-vote-latest-trump-ultimatum/) to House leaders. The President had top White House officials deliver a message on Thursday night that if a vote is not conducted on Friday, Trump’s administration will move on and Republicans will be “stuck with Obamacare.” A number of GOP lawmakers [oppose the health care replacement bill](http://time.com/4712026/ahca-house-freedom-caucus-health-care-repeal/), dubbed the American Health Care Act, but Trump has made clear that he is confident in the proposed bill, which would be his first major legislative achievement if passed. “After seven horrible years of ObamaCare (skyrocketing premiums & deductibles, bad healthcare), this is finally your chance for a great plan!” Trump tweeted on Friday morning. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/845247455868391425) A vote is expected by late Friday afternoon. You can watch it live above. ## Transcript Farther consideration of HR1628 is postponed. Pursuant to calls 12A of rule one, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. We came really close today, but we came up short. I spoke to the president just a little while ago and I told him the best thing I think to do is pull this bill and he agreed with that decision. I will not sugar coat this, this is a disappointing day for us. Doing big things is hard, all of us, all of us, myself included, we will need time to reflect on how we got to this moment. What are could have done to do it better. But ultimately, this all kinda comes down to a choice. Are all of us willing to give a little to get something done? I'm really proud of the bill that we produced. It would make a dramatic improvement in our healthcare system, and provide relief by people hurting under Obamacare. And what's probably most troubling is the worst is yet to come With Obamacare. The President gave his all in this effort. He did everything he possibly could to help people see the opportunity that we have with this bill. He's really been fantastic. Still, we gotta do better and we will. I absolutely believe that. This is a set back, no two ways about it. But it is not the end of the story. Obamacare is the law of the land, it's gonna remain the law of the land until it's replaced. We did not have quite the votes to replace this law. And so yeah, we're gonna be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future. I don't know how long it's gonna take us to replace this law. My worry is Obamacare is gonna be getting even worse. Actually I think we were probably doing the Democrats a favor. I think we were doing the architects of Obama a favor. 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