House Speaker Ryan briefed Trump on healthcare bill voting: White House

"The president ... had Speaker Ryan come up here and visit with him to update him on the bill," White House spokesman Sean Spicer told a briefing. "They are continuing to discuss the way forward on this. The speaker is updating him on these efforts."

Spicer said the vote was scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EDT/1930 GMT and he downplayed the prospects that a loss might undermine Trump's effort to push tax reform through the U.S. Congress.

(Reporting by Steve Holland and David Alexander; Editing by Doina Chiacu)