While Ryan said health care is still a priority, Congress must pass spending legislation before April 28 to avoid a government shutdown.
President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the significance of pushing Republican health care legislation through the House next week, a retreat from more bullish White House pronouncements a day earlier, which had gotten a skeptical reception at the Capitol.
Not only must Republicans overcome intraparty ideological divisions that stopped major healthcare legislation last month, but they will have to win over some opposition Democrats with provisions that could be distasteful to conservatives.
The House doesn't return until Tuesday evening and will have to pass legislation to keep the government open by Friday.
"It allows the states to opt out of the (regulations) to bring down the price", he said, adding, "Those are two of the big pieces, a couple little pieces on the regulatory framework, and then we can all get to yes". With Democrats solidly opposed, Republicans can lose no more than 21 House votes to prevail, and Ryan short-circuited a planned vote last month because more than that would have defected. If that happens, Trump won't be able to blame Democrats. Lacking their support, House Speaker Paul Ryan may be forced to cut a deal with Democrats, something House leaders have been loath to do.
Asked whether he would seek to prioritize a vote on health care or a government funding bill next week, Trump eagerly replied: "I want to get both". Members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus spent the two-week Easter recess working with House GOP moderates, the White House and Ryan's staff on changes to the health-care bill.
Democrats have warned that such "poison pills" would make the spending bill, which will require some Democratic support in the Senate, a non-starter. A photo-finish bill signing late Friday, followed by a Saturday evening victory rally in Pennsylvania with the President, would make for good television-at the same hour the White House Correspondents Association has its annual black-tie dinner.
With congressional elections looming next year, Republicans acknowledge the stakes are high.
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Adding another wrinkle to budget talks, the president wants the House to roll out the new American Health Care Act next week.
"It is a reflection of how the conference is divided that we still don't have clarity and certainty on our work, and we will go back Tuesday and begin to have those frank discussions", a Republican member said.
"Everything had been moving smoothly until the administration moved in with a heavy hand".
Republicans sued Obama to block the subsidies: The subsides have been at the center of a court battle since 2014, when House Republicans sued the Obama administration to try to stop them.
The Republican-led House voted dozens of times to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) during the Obama administration.
"It will be cheaper but it won't necessarily cover anything", said Gary Claxton, a vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, which studies health issues.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said leaders in Congress could reach a spending agreement, but only if the White House stays out of the negotiations. Mr. Trump seems not to notice that the public now holds him and the Republican Congress responsible for any problems with Obamacare.
With the difficulty passing a bill with so many divisive elements, lawmakers next week might need to buy time by passing a short-term bill lasting possibly one to three weeks, maintaining current spending levels.
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