So who did request that the bill be pulled?

[LAS14]

Ryan clearly stated that he told Trump he wanted to pull the bill. But CNN has had a banner running for a half hour "SOURCE: BILL PULLED AT TRUMP'S REQUEST."

Come on, guys!

Personally I think it was Ryan. I think Trump just wanted to cut his losses and move on. "Pulling" isn't the same as getting voted down, right?

Or is there any psychological difference?

[Thomas Hurt]

1. depends on how you want to play the Trumpian rubes......I think.

[LAS14]

2. Ah! It's become clear. Pulling instead of voting means that no...

...representative has to account for their vote. It's cover.

[lindysalsagal]

3. POTUS doesn't run the house. They run it: and they elected Ryan.

If POTUS ran it, we wouldn't have Citizen's united or gerrymandering.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. The Executive Branch can't "pull a bill" in the Legislative Branch.

Separation of powers.

Ryan would have been the one regardless.

Ryan wanted to delay it until Monday so they could work on other compromise amendments but the Art of the Failure chief did one of his little reality show bravado threats and demanded it be voted on today (after it was delayed from a vote last night). And they STILL didn't have the votes.

[onenote]

5. Had to be Ryan

His tenure as Speaker would be on jeopardy if he had forced a vote.