All time for debate has expired. Recorded vote requested. This is it.

[Recursion]

This is it, ladies and gentlemen.

[Tx4obama]

1. If I heard him corrrectly he said there would be two votes. n/t

[Recursion]

5. Who? Acting speaker called for a single vote on the question

What are you referring to?

[Tx4obama]

15. I thought on C-Span he said there'd be a 15 min vote and then a 5 min vote.

Maybe I need to get my ears checked

[Recursion]

19. Oh, yeah, the second one is procedural

After the House votes, it oddly has to vote again to declare that what just happened actually happened. And it has to do the same thing tomorrow morning. It's a strange body.

[robinlynne]

27. yes. the firts vote on the bill. the second on suspension of the rules.

[DainBramaged]

2. I wonder who ISN'T there?????

[northoftheborder]

4. Represent. Lewis wife passed away. He probably is not there.

[DainBramaged]

8. I know. Life isn't fair for the good people on Earth....

[Recursion]

10. Don't forget Rep. Jackson, for that matter (nt)

[Tx4obama]

17. Jackson already resigned. n/t

[Tx4obama]

20. The 14 that did not vote earlier on the rule vote were

Bass (NH)
Burton (IN)
Campbell
Clay
Conyers
Grijalva
Hirono
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Nunnelee
Paul
Stark
Whitfield
Woolsey

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll658.xml

[Agschmid]

3. It's good to watch the role call... little dicey though eh? n/t

I typed "dicey" before the MSNBC guy said it... lye

[Recursion]

7. I was a Page during the Family and Medical Leave vote back in '93

That's the kind of drama we're seeing here. I admit, I'm a political junkie, but this is the top-shelf stuff tonight.

[Agschmid]

11. Well I was watching Star Trek on Hulu

but then I saw on DU there was a vote and I could not restrain myself! Must have been exciting to be a page!

[JaneyVee]

6. 270 to win.

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. 217

[JaneyVee]

24. Duh, thats what I meant. Long day. Although isn't it 218 out of 435 for a simple majority?

[alcibiades_mystery]

29. Jesse Jackson Jr. retired without replacement

So 217 makes simple majority.

[JaneyVee]

37. Thanks for the reminder!

[ornotna]

9. The way the votes are going, looks like it'll pass.

Gonna be a close one.

[Recursion]

12. I still predict failure, mostly because I'm a cynic contrarian

We'll see.

[ornotna]

34. I'm surprised

Not as close as I thought it was going to be.

[Recursion]

35. Same here. Glad I was wrong (nt)

[Swede Atlanta]

14. It will NOT pass due to tea baggers on their way out in 2 days

[leveymg]

16. Looks like it'll pass by about a 2-1 majority. Wow.

Didn't think the GOOP leadership would allow an up-or-down on the Senate Bill, but it looks like THEY caved on this one!

Major victory for the home team!

[leveymg]

38. 257-167 to pass. Extraordinary.

Looks like the House Congresscritters have some survival sense, after all.

[ChangeUp106]

18. 125-79 so far...

I think it will pass

[Recursion]

25. 159-105 now, most R's still not voting

There's more drama here than I think most people may think, and this is not yet a foregone conclusion.

[Terra Alta]

21. looks like it's going to pass. nt

[Recursion]

22. Touch some wood, Terra

look at the party breakdown. Democrats are overrepresented in the early votes.

[ChangeUp106]

23. Here come the nays

Sudden surge of nays...

157-103

[Recursion]

26. Yep. Wavering R's still waiting

CSPAN's music doesn't remotely capture the nail-biting aspect of this.

[Recursion]

32. And with 218, there's the flop

The rest of the conservatives can vote NO

[ChangeUp106]

28. It's Over

Even if every remaining R votes no they won't have enough

[blogslut]

31. 217 YEAS

Whew!

223, 225, 227...229

passed

[Lone_Star_Dem]

33. It's going to have a Democratic majority, too.

Bad news for Boehner.

[Recursion]

36. Oh, the Hastert Rule is dead, dead, dead

We're looking at a very different Republican majority in two days.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

39. That is true.

I'm not sure what is going to be in the future. It's going to be interesting though.