Democrats could hardly contain their excitement after Republicans' health-care bill crashed and burned

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has declared Friday — the day House Republican leadership pulled the vote on the American Health Care Act — a "great day for our country." "It's a victory ... for the American people. For our seniors, for people with disabilities, for our children, for our veterans," Pelosi said in a press conference shortly after the House Republican leadership's announcement.

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