According to David Dayen's latest whip count, the 17 most important votes who are not leaning in one direction or the other are as follows:
5 undecided potential "No to Yes" votes
John Barrow, Travis Childers, Lincoln Davis, Jim Matheson, Harry Teague
3 undecided potential "Yes to No" votes that are "Stupak-curious"
Jerry Costello, Henry Cuellar, Brad Ellsworth
9 other undecided potential "Yes to No" votes
Chris Carney, Mike Doyle, Bill Foster, Ann Kirkpatrick, Harry Mitchell, Solomon Ortiz, Earl Pomeroy, Nick Rahall; Zack Space
With leaners, the vote count currently stands at 205 in favor, and 209 opposed. That would mean the House leadership needs 11 of these to pass the bill.
Actually, make that only ten more:
Doyle told The Hill on March 16 that he will likely vote yes
If the yes and "lean yes" votes hold, that moves the House leadership within only ten votes of passage.
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