The GOP will not try to repeal Obamacare in 2018.
After several attempts to fulfill one of the party's central campaign promises ended in embarrassing defeat last year and polls show that the landmark health law is more popular than ever, Republican leaders in the House and the Senate see a lot of risk and little reward in trying again.
Getting a bill through the Senate has only become harder since Democrats picked up a Senate seat in a December special election in Alabama, leaving Republicans with a slim, two-seat majority in the upper chamber.
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