Will the House Pass Trump’s Bill?

Playbook: “Given the way this Congress has behaved since Jan. 20, it seems far-fetched to imagine the Republican Party actually going ahead and blocking Trump’s flagship piece of legislation — especially when the president seems relatively uninterested in the actual detailed content of the bill.”

“But if you do fancy whiling away the day playing will-they-won’t-they games, then it’s the GOP deficit hawks you’ll want to be monitoring — people like Reps. Ralph Norman (S.C.), Chip Roy (Texas), Andy Harris (Md.), Marlin Stutzman (Ind.) and Andy Ogles (Tenn.), who have all been mouthing off about the Senate’s tweaks.”

“In theory, there are also plenty of ‘Medicaid moderates’ — like California Rep. David Valadao — who could take a stand against the deeper cuts pushed through by the Senate, although frankly, I wouldn’t hold my breath.”