Zach Space a no
After a wave of otherwise good news today for the Democratic leadership, Zach Space becomes a "yes to no." Dang.
Stupak bloc down to 6?
Both Roll Call and The Hill are reporting the Stupak bloc is down to only six members. Their sources are Bart Stupak and Marcy Kaptur.
If true--and that is a big if-then it is fantastic news. In such a scenario, David Dayen posits that the leadership would only need one more "no to yes" vote to secure passage (although, now with Zach Space, two more "no to yes" votes would be needed).
However, until the four to six members who have supposedly left the group actually make some public statements in support of passage, I will remain wary.
Voting will start around 3pm, eastern, tomorrow
MSNBC gives us the timing for tomorrow's action:
From the House Democratic Caucus meeting, this from House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (D-CT). He says "shortly after 2, we will have an hour of debate on the rule." This is the rule to allow reconcilation to get to the floor.
They would then vote on the rule, sans deem and pass. He then says there will then be "two hours of debate on the bill."
The third vote, on the Senate bill, will take place sometime later in the day. If it succeeds, President Obama will sign it into law that night.
With Syracuse playing Gonzaga at 12:10, tomorrow should be a nice calm, relaxing day.
Tea partiers on Capitol Hill getting really ugly
As covered in Quick Hits (see here and here), things are getting really ugly on Capitol Hill. The bigotry is laid bare once again. Conservatives sure are good at helping you choose sides.
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