House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., announces that he is abruptly pulling the troubled Republican health care overhaul bill off the House floor, at the Capitol on Friday, March 24, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

(CNSNews.com) – Republican leaders told a Tuesday morning news conference that their resolve to repeal and replace Obamacare has never been stronger.

But House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) would not set a deadline for the next attempt:

“I won’t tell you the timeline, because we want to get it right,” Ryan said, following a meeting with the Republican conference. “We had a very constructive meeting with our members. Some of those who were in the ‘no’ camp expressed a willingness to work on getting to yes and to making this work.

“We want to get it right. We’re going to keep talking to each other until we get it right. I’m not going to put a timeline on it, because this is too important to not get right and to put an artificial timeline on it.”

Ryan said he remains very worried about the issue because Obamacare is collapsing.

“If Obamacare just stays as is, that’s not acceptable to the American people. That’s not what we said we would do. So we’re going to go figure out how we get this done. And I think what’s confusing to everybody is, we have to use these Senate rules. We call them reconciliation.”

Ryan said because of those rules, Republicans can’t pass the bill they really want in the House because it would be filibustered in the Senate. “And it is that frustration that our members are grappling with right now.”



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