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Joe.My.God reports [joemygod.com]

Two key House committees have approved a Republican proposal to revise the Affordable Care Act, giving the bill its first victories amid a backlash that both Republican leaders and President Trump are trying to tamp down.

The [heavily Republican [ballotpedia.org]] House Ways and Means Committee voted 23 to 16 to advance the American Health Care Act shortly before 4:30 a.m. [March 9] after about 18 hours of debate. The [majority Republican [ballotpedia.org]] House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 31 to 23 to advance the bill at 1:45 p.m. after about 27 hours of debate.

The Center for American Progress adds [thinkprogress.org][1]

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) celebrated the early morning advancement of the bill [washingtonpost.com], thanking his colleagues for "their hard work and commitment to delivering on the President's promise" to provide quality health care to all Americans.

In reality, House Republicans' proposal breaks almost every health care promise [thinkprogress.org][1] that Trump made on the campaign trail. Rather than providing "great health care for a fraction of the price," as Trump repeatedly pledged, the plan is projected to strip [cnn.com] coverage [twitter.com] from millions of Americans and provide far less financial assistance [nytimes.com] [Paywall [soylentnews.org]] to low-income Americans.

[...]There's been a lot of controversy over the lack of transparency surrounding the GOP's rushed Obamacare repeal effort. Last week, Republican lawmakers literally hid the text of the proposed legislation [thinkprogress.org],[1] preventing Democrats from reading it before it was introduced. Then, they unveiled the bill before the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) had a chance to examine it to determine how much it will cost and how many people will lose their insurance.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) attempted to offer an amendment to the legislation [thehill.com] that would have delayed the markup in the Ways and Means Committee until next week, arguing it's unreasonable to hold a committee vote just two days after the bill was introduced. The amendment failed.

The measure will now head to the [heavily Republican [ballotpedia.org]] House Budget Committee. GOP leaders have indicated they want to bring it before the full House by early April.

With zero support from Senate Democrats, it appears that Trumpcare will not be enacted in its current form.

The Center for American Progress further reports [thinkprogress.org][1]

[Of the 52 Republican] Senators, Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Tom Cotton (R-AR) have stated unequivocally that the legislation introduced in the House this week is not conservative enough to earn their support.

Common Dreams notes

Trump Plans to Force AHCA Passage with Stadium-Sized Pro-Trump Rallies [commondreams.org]

President Donald Trump was in full deal-maker mode on [March 8] as he met with Tea Party groups to garner support for the GOP's contentious American Healthcare Act (AHCA), from pledging even more concessions to win over conservatives to threatening the bill's opponents with "stadiums" filled with Trump supporters, and even laying out his back-up plan to blame the Democrats in the case of failure.

During the White House meeting, which included representatives from the Club for Growth, the Heritage Foundation, the Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity, FreedomWorks, and the Tea Party Patriots, the president revealed openness to move even further right with the legislation, which has already been panned [commondreams.org] for jeopardizing healthcare for the nation's most vulnerable while providing tax breaks for the most wealthy.

[1] ThinkProgress adds tracking numbers to URLs. I have removed those.

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