Sunday, March 21, 2010

Some Disagreement on Vote Count

The Hill reports some disagreement on whether the Democrats have the 216 House votes needed to pass the reform bill later today. Democratic caucus leader John Larson says they have the votes "as we speak," but deputy whip Debbie Wasserman Schultz says, "We don’t have a hard 216 right now," but adds "I firmly believe we will have 216." House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told NBC’s "Meet the Press" that “there are still members who are looking at it and making up their mind, but we still think there are going to be 216-plus votes when we call the roll.” Read more here.

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