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In the fight to replace Obamacare, Vice President Mike Pence decided to pay the Freedom Caucus a visit. But it's who's missing that has everyone talking. Nathan Rousseau Smith (@fantasticmrnate) explains. Buzz60

Vice President Mike Pence is expected attend an NCAA South Regionals game at FedExForum.(Photo: Nick Thomas/The Blade via AP)

WASHINGTON Vice President Mike Pence wont be attending an NCAA basketball game in Memphis on Friday after all.

Pences office confirmed that he is postponing trips to Memphis and Little Rock, Arkansas, to stay in Washington and work with President Donald Trump as the House prepares to vote on a GOP plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.

The House is scheduled to vote on the legislation later Friday.

Pence had planned to attend NCAA South Regionals in Memphis. The former Indiana governor has ties to one of the four teams that is playing in Memphis for a bid in the Elite Eight.

Pence's wife, Karen, attended Butler. In a 2013 profile story, a reporter for The Indianapolis Star wrote: "She smiles as she quotes him saying that until Butler made it to the Final Four, 'Our kids didn't know I was making an alumni reference when I called mom a bulldog.' "

Butler made it to the Final Four in 2010 and 2011, both times losing in the championship game. The Bulldogs play North Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen at 6:09 p.m. Friday at FedExForum.

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