GOP congressman: 'Something in the swamp' stopped Trump from repealing Obamacare

A GOP lawmaker thinks the dreaded "swamp"may have stopped President Donald Trump from repealing Obamacare.Rep. David Brat ofVirginia, a conservative member of the House Freedom Caucus, toldCNN that "something in the swamp" is holding up Trump's promise to repeal Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act.Brat said the bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, something Trump promised to do as soon as he took office, was close to completion but was sidetracked by "the swamp of special interests.""President Trump was very good in the negotiating process," Brat said. "He said yes, [the Freedom Caucus]said yes to him, and then somehow something in the swamp said no so we waited another couple of weeks."Brat was referencingthe president's promise during the campaign to "drain the swamp" of the so-called establishment and special interests.The bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, the American Health Care Act, was pulled from a planned floorvote on March 24after conservative Freedom Caucus members and moderate Republicans could not come to an agreement on the framework of the bill. Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan reversed course just minutes before a scheduled vote, after it became that there were not enough GOP members in support of the bill.Since then, the White House has tried to bridge the gap to no avail. But a proposed amendment circulated Thursday that couldbring Freedom Caucus members on board with the AHCA.White House sources indicated that they wanted a vote on the updated version of the AHCA as early as next week, a prospect Brat said he would favor. ButGOP congressional leaders have beendubious of that timeline.Brat publicly said he would not vote for the original installment of the AHCA.Watch the full interview via CNN:.@RepDaveBrat: New health care plan in GOP pipeline "the same fundamental bill" as one that faltered last month https://t.co/kK1lWALm5T' New Day (@NewDay) April 21, 2017SEE ALSO:The White House and Congress seem to be on completely different pages on their healthcare revivalJoin the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Former State Department official: Evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia would create a 'constitutional crisis
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