[Tanniker Smith]

Pelosi WAS going to send in the water hoses at 4:30.

I'd love to see a reference to that somewhere.

[longtermmemmory]

It is now 6:15 pm est and Pelosi is 1hr 45 minutes late with the storm troopers.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0808/House_Dems_turn_out_out_the_light_but_GOP_keep_talking.html?showall

Hoekstra says Pelosi is gathering Capitol Hill police to clear the floor by 4:30

NOW THE REPUBLICANS HAVE CAVED:

UPDATE 7: It’s over.

Right at the stroke of five Georgia Rep. Tom Price announced that House Republicans were ending their impromptu protest on the floor of the chamber, ending a five-plus hour rebellion with a round of “God Bless America.”

The assembled tourists, aides and members in the chamber gave Price and his compatriots a standing ovation. They left the chamber to shouts of “USA! USA! USA!”

same reference
(so much for testicles)