Two more for the "yes" column, Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Rep. Scott Murphy (D-NY)

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/19/health-care-whip-count-li_n_505709.html

6:35 PM ET -- The outlook for the vote. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is apparently optimistic about Sunday's vote.

"It's looking good," she said smiling to reporters on Capitol Hill.

6:30 PM ET -- Vicki Kennedy whipped Stephen Lynch to no avail. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) one of the few Democrats opposing the bill because it doesn't go far enough, said Friday that he got a call two or three days ago from Ted Kennedy's widow Vicki Kennedy.


Rep. Bill Delahunt of Massachusetts said that if Lynch says he's voting not, he's voting no. "He's a man of integrity," said Delahunt.


6:15 PM ET -- Two more for the "yes" column. Rep. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Rep. Scott Murphy (D-NY) will both vote for the bill.

"The vast majority of Americans believe that health care reform is needed. I agree, and after thoroughly reviewing the details of the proposal, I believe it will be far better than the status quo that allows skyrocketing costs to cripple families and small businesses and cause people to lose their care," Peters said, according to the Detroit News. The newspaper reported that Peters was "the last of Michigan's 15 House members to reveal how he'll vote" this weekend.

5:45 PM ET -- The Georgia twosome split their votes. Two Georgia Democratic congressmen are voting in opposite ways on health care reform, local news affiliates report. Neither vote changes the party's calculus in passing the legislation.

Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Georgia), who voted "yes" during the first go around, will remain in that camp come Sunday, he announced on Friday.

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Meanwhile, another Blue Dog Democrat, Rep. John Barrow, announced that he will vote "no" on the bill -- the same position he took during the first vote.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/live/countdown-to-reform-wire/#325405
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC), who voted yes last year, announced today that he will again vote for health care reform.

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1. Good news! nt