From another thread:
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 10:22:40 PM by Slyscribe
re: Teague
“(D)espite the positive steps it takes, I must vote against this bill.”
But some measures Teague was viewed as a lean no, by others undecided. The road to victory for Pelosi without an abortion deal is narrowing. The liberal FiredogLake.com now says Pelosi may have to run the table to win without the Stu-pack.
From the site you mentioned, Firedoglake (a liberal site):
Teague a “No,” Pelosi Would Have to Run the Table Without Stupak Bloc
By: David Dayen Friday March 19, 2010 6:58 pm
We’ll certainly know in the morning, but Nancy Pelosi is fast running out of options without members of the ubiquitous Stupak bloc.
Harry Teague, one of the few remaining undecided votes, will vote No again as he did in November, blaming cost controls.
If you look at the numbers below, you understand why this is consequential. Teague puts the definite No votes at 210, with five leaners, four of them part of the Stupak bloc.
There are only 8 undecideds left, and 208 Yes votes with leaners. So Pelosi would have to get all 8, including Stupak bloc member Kathy Dahlkemper, and hold Marcy Kaptur (who probably shouldn’t be a lean Yes).
Failing that, she could try to flip Glenn Nye, or go to one of her committee chairs voting No (Ike Skelton, Collin Peterson) and ask them to walk the plank.
But that’s a very tough road. And so Pelosi is talking to Bart Stupak. Because there doesn’t look to be another option for passage. That may result in an annual standalone vote on choice in the exchange. It may result in some “tie-bar” legislation (although that is procedurally unlikely). But it’s almost certainly going to result in something.