A (no longer) brief diary as I pour more coffee into my brain.
1:00pm: STUPAK VOTING YES. GAME OVER. WE DID IT.
11:50am: Stupak 8 meeting right now with WH attorneys finalizing language on the E.O. regarding HCR and abortion. Announcement at 12:30 p.m. EST. Stupak's 8 would put the number at 222.
10:10am: BBC now reporting they have the votes.
...and Marcy Kaptur, one of Stupak's crew, according to ABC-13 in Toledo, announced just now that she's a YES vote on the bill.
10:00am: NBC's Luke Russert says Dems tell him they have 214, 2 votes shy.
9:50 am: CNN is now reporting that "House Democrats have 216 votes needed to pass health care reform, chairman of House Democratic Caucus tells CNN."
9:38 am: Looks like both Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) AND Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla) are saying they have the votes now. Relevant quotes below.
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