House Vote Scheduled for Sunday at 1:00 PM.

[jefferson_dem]

:popcorn: :scared: :)

The House will convene at 1PM on Sunday with votes no earlier than 2PM, @LeaderHoyer says. #hcr
http://twitter.com/JeffreyYoung_HC/statuses/10683361780

Dems defeat GOP effort to force separate vote on Senate health bill
By Michael O'Brien - 03/18/10 02:28 PM ET

Democrats shot down a Republican effort to force an up-or-down vote on the Senate healthcare bill on Thursday afternoon.

In a 222-203 vote, Democrats beat back a GOP resolution offered by Democrat-turned-Republican Rep. Parker Griffith (Ala.) that would have forced lawmakers to vote on the Senate healthcare bill separately from the series of fixes they hope to make to that legislation.

All Republican lawmakers who voted opposed the measure, which had the effect of ending the GOP's effort to force a vote. They were joined by 28 Democrats, who broke with party members on the vote.

222 Democrats supported the measure, though, meaning enough to proceed. Three members of both parties did not vote.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/87683-dems-defeat-gop-effort-to-force-separate-vote-on-senate-health-bill?tmpl=component&print=1&page=

[KingFlorez]

1. I can't wait for this to be over

Sunday can't get here fast enough.

[monmouth]

2. Wish it was during Meat the Press, Gregory would be so flummoxed..LOL..n/t

[fugop]

3. Hmmmm....

So is it likely that we'll see the same numbers on the vote - 222-203? They need 216, but I'm wondering if the Dems who voted no here are adopting the GOP's "Let's not even have a vote!" approach.

I'd sure love to see it pass with more than the bare minimum!

[jtrockville]

4. What happens next (after Sunday's vote)?

[DFLforever]

6. The Reconciliation bill goes to the Senate

where the Republicans will try to impede it with amendments.

They won't succeed and we should (might?) have a revised bill by Easter.

While this is going on the president will sign the unreconciled Senate bill and await the reconciled bill for further signature.

I think I have this straight...I'm practicing on you. :)

[jtrockville]

7. Thanks. If you care to practice more...

The reason this needs to go back to the Senate, is because the house revised it. Is that right?

[DrToast]

8. Kind of. They didn't revise the Senate bill. They wrote a new reconciliation bill

...which is designed to fix a few things wrong with the Senate bill.

[DFLforever]

9. You got it!

[Cha]

5. Thank you, Jefferson!

[Jennicut]

10. I will be at the mall shopping for my kids with my Mom (who is a conservative).

Maybe it will distract us from arguing about the bill? I never go to the mall. Of all days to make plans. But I guess it is good to be distracted.

[denimgirly]

11. Its going to be a FUN and Nervous Sunday!