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House GOP Says Health Care Fight Not Over, But Offers No Path Forward

House Republicans say they will try again to advance a bill to repeal and replace key pillars of President Obama's health care law.
House Speaker Paul Ryan walks into a media briefing after attending a closed House Republican conference on Tuesday.

House Republicans emerged from a members-only meeting Tuesday morning to bullishly declare the health care legislative battle is not over.

"We promised that we would repeal and replace Obamacare, and that's exactly what we're going to do," House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters after the meeting.

The regular House GOP weekly meeting ran unusually long and lawmakers kicked staff out so they could vent properly after Friday's demoralizing setback.

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