Posted on 03/20/2010 7:07:53 AM PDT by SE Mom
Edited on 03/21/2010 5:00:38 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
10 AM Rules Committee meeting (C-span2 LIVE all day)
11 AM Stupak press conference
12 PM Demonstration at the Capitol
3 PM Obama meets with the Democratic caucus
Sunday
2 p.m.: The House will debate for one hour the rules of debate for the reconciliation bill and the Senate bill.
3 p.m.: The House will vote to end debate and vote on the rules of the debate.
3:15 p.m.: The House will debate the reconciliation package for two hours.
5:15 p.m.: The House will vote on the reconciliation package.
5:30 p.m.: The House will debate for 15 minutes on a Republican substitute and then vote on the substitute.
6 p.m.: The House will vote on the final reconciliation package.
6:15 p.m.: If the reconciliation bill passes, the House will immediately vote on the Senate bill, without debate.
Good message. Here's the undecideds as far as I can tell, including the Stupak 10:
Stupak Contact
Driehaus Contact
Lipinski Contact
Kaptur Contact
Dahlkemper Contact
Mollohan Contact
Rahall Contact
Donnelly Contact
Costello Contact
Berry Contact
Baird Contact
Tanner Contact
Boucher Contact
L. Davis Contact
Kanjorski Contact
McMahon Contact
PomeroyContact
Main House of Representatives Site
Everyone Contact them. It's not too late!
THANK YOU !
Great video from today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC0TyVXPIbI&feature=player_embedded#
DEAL WATCH: Boyd a Yes Vote on Govt Healthcare Takeover After His Forest Bill Passes House
I found a press release from the sell-out from Nov. 2009, and it looked like he was a NO vote back then. UGH.
Thank you, Art.
I’ll get busy with my emails right now.
1o minutes of a great video!
Playing in another window!!!!!
THANK YOU FOR THE NEEDED UPLIFT!!!!
You’re welcome onyx!
lol = 10 MINUTES
I am entering addresses on emails.
LOL .... nighty night .. er .. morning.
Go to sleep with prayers on your pillow ..
Lord ~~ protect us, have mercy on us.
I’m NOT going to sleep tonight.
I will take breaks, that’s all.
Oh dear ... you’re not going feel too
hot tomorrow when things get really
cooking. I hope you get flat for
awhile .. nothing should happen for
the next 6-7 hrs that we’ll know
about.
** DC police scanner
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=2412
LOL. Are you listening to the DC scanner? LOL.
They’re busy!!! I have movies to watch. I will fall asleep, and I fasted all day so I don’t think I should string it into two days. I am thinking about a lovely shrimp salad at this very hour of the night! :)
One more time emailing the list. Your expertise made it a lot easier this time around.
:)
I can’t sleep - sigh
National Journal is reporting Dems have their 216.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2475857/posts
Yes .. very busy.
No .. you must eat ... and then 1/2 hr
later .. zzzzzzzz. Your prayers and presence
will be vital tomorrow. God bless you for
fasting .. you possess more will (and non-
hypoglycemic issues) than I.
Ya think the rep’s offices be open and staffed
tomorrow.
Is this up to date or not:
~ ~ ~
Where The Votes Stand — according to Code Red
No - 212
Yes - 212
Undecided - 7
http://www.nrcc.org/CodeRed/main.php
I’ve called. I written. I am fasting and praying.
May God bless this land of Freedom tomorrow.
FREEDOM
They said the Dems SAID they had the votes. They've been saying they had the votes for weeks.
But they are still wooing votes even as we speak.
While living at the old place I managed to voice my opinion in the "Letters to the Editor" section of the local McClatchy Propoganda Ministry aka The Modesto Bee drawing attention to the fact that Cardoza was not a Blue Dog Dem, but instead, nothing but a lapdog to Nancy which he proved over and over since he replaced Condit.
Cardoza's proclamation today that he is a "YES, Nancy, whatever you wish" affirms some lines of a letter from days gone by:
We shall see.
http://thehayride.com/2010/03/no-bill-no-cbo-numbers-bad-sign-for-obamacare/
Update 3-20, 10:50 PM: Jane Hamsher makes a good argument for counting Sanchez as a NO. Im not going to count her that way, since she hasnt said that she will vote no. Since the article in Roll Call said that House leadership werent assured that she would return to DC for the vote (!), I should mention that an absence is as good as a NO vote. If the vote is 215-215, it fails.
Update 3-20, 9:30 PM: And Nye is a NO! We needed that one.
Update 3-20, 9:25 PM: While I was typing the post below, Schrader announced that he will vote yes.
Update 3-20, 8:40 PM: Since were unlikely to get more news tonight, I thought I would run down the numbers and possibilities. Republicans have 206 publicly committed votes. We need 216 to defeat the bill. There were ten members of the Stupak group:
1.Stupak
2.Driehaus
3.Lipinski
4.Kaptur
5.Dahlkemper
6.Mollohan
7.Rahall
8.Donnelly
9.Costello
10.Berry
Obviously, if all of those held, that would be enough to defeat the bill, but the cryptic comment of Stupak that he had lost votes and at least six will stand opposed is still puzzling. There are also still five uncommitted members who voted NO in November:
1.Baird
2.Tanner
3.Nye
4.Boucher
5.L. Davis
Pelosi likely has Baird and Tanner in her back pocket, especially Baird. Davis situation I detailed below, Boucher represents an overwhelmingly Republican district and said last week that he would vote against the bill if it had big cuts to Medicare (and it does), and Nye represents a Republican district and faces a strong challenge to re-election. I think that the three of them are likely to vote NO.
Finally, we have the non-Stupak ones who voted YES in November but that we would like to flip our way:
1.Ortiz
2.L. Sanchez
3.Kanjorski
4.Foster
5.Michaud
6.Pomeroy
7.Schrader
8.Ron Klein
Sanchez is a new addition to my list. Shes been a presumed YES vote, but it turns out that she didnt want to vote yes last time and was actually the final Dem to vote in favor. She said this week that the Senate bill is a bad bill, and she is facing a serious challenge this fall. She spent today in Florida (yes, you read that correctly) thus avoiding getting buttonholed by the House leadership, who now reportedly list her as a NO. I also see Schrader, Ortiz, Klein, and Kanjorski as possible votes our way they all have good reason to vote NO. And Pomeroy is a likely NO vote in my book.
So, I still see Nye, Boucher, Davis, and Pomeroy as likely for us. I also see another six as good possibilities. If we do get four votes from this group, then six from Stupak still wins it for us. And Pelosi still has a lot of other publicly uncommitted members, and we could still get one of those unexpectly, like we did with Lynch.
I was taking it from the title on the FR thread - just finished reading the article and it’s the same thing we’ve been hearing all day.
This whole issue has gone so far past madness it’s unbelievable.
It’s going to be a long night/day. Good analysis - thank you!
Btw, Sanchez is a definite NO on Obamacare. She is facing big time opposition from local 9-11 and TEA group and her opponent is well funded/backed.
She will not take a chance of ending up like so many other Dems in this state (Boyd as example) who are polling lower then Crist - and trust me, that’s low!
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