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Health insurer Anthem Inc. pressed Friday to salvage its proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna Corp.

In public, President Trump is standing by House Speaker Paul Ryan. Behind closed doors, he is ready to blame Ryan should the American Health Care Act fail.

The House Rules hopes to mark up H.R. 1215 and H.R. 1304 next week.

Jared Polis, a House Rules Democrat, said many Democratic colleagues want to work on a bipartisan ACA change bill.

House Speaker Paul Ryan and his GOP lieutenants can afford to lose no more than 21 votes in the chamber, presuming all Democrats vote against the bill.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the White House expects the bill will pass Friday morning.