Paul Ryan was supposed to attend a huge GOP fundraiser in Chicago today with some of the very fat cats that would benefit from Trumpcare’s tax breaks—tickets to just even walk into the event were going for $1,000 a piece—but it looks like it has now been rescheduled to tomorrow. That should give Ryan plenty of room today in the House to strip away basically everything but an autopsy report.
With the U.S. House of Representatives tied up on the big health care vote, a huge Republican fundraiser set for later this week featuring Speaker Paul Ryan has been delayed, but only by a day.
GOP sources say the event, originally set for Thursday, March 23, has been put off until March 24.
Thursday, of course, is the date set for the House GOP vote on Ryan's rewrite of Obamacare. Given the volatility of that, he may not be able to just hop on a plane and make it here in time for a late afternoon reception and evening dinner.
Depending on how the vote goes, it could be quite a party. Or it could be a wake for Ryan's speakership. At the moment, the vote looks pretty close.
Anyhow, as previously reported, tickets for the event are going for as much as $50,000. Invites say the speaker and the state's entire GOP congressional delegation are scheduled to attend.
Ryan also postponed his weekly press conference by a couple hours:
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