Congress set to leave town without Obamacare deal

The Republican-led Congress is poised to adjourn for the two-week Easter recess without fulfilling the party's top campaign promise to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Despite weeks of talks, hours of hearings and a last-minute push by the White House, it's all but certain GOP lawmakers will go home without the big win on healthcare reform that seemed all but assured after Republicans won control of the White House and Congress in November.

The House is set to leave town on Thursday and the Senate will likely complete business by Friday after it confirms Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, after changing Senate rules to get him through by a simple majority.

A vote to repeal and replace Obamacare isn't on either the House or Senate agendas this week, even though House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., had promised earlier this year it would be finished in April.

"Getting this done by tomorrow, I think that's tough," Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Wednesday.