How's our whip count looking?

[LLStarks]

Is there a site that has up-to-the-minute counts of YES votes?

[Jennicut]

1. The NY Times has a good website.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/16/us/politics/20100316-health-care-dems.html

Or The Hill:

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/85693-whip-watch-the-hills-survey-of-house-dems-positions-on-healthcare-

[LLStarks]

2. Isn't the margin smaller than 217 because of vacancies?

[Jennicut]

3. Yes, 216 is needed to pass.

[Massacure]

4. No. The house can potentially have 435 members.

Assuming all the seats are filled, it takes 218 votes to pass a bill. Not all the seats are filled though, so 216 is the magic number right now.

A tied votes results in the bills defeat.

[alfredo]

5. Being good Christians, will the Reps show up Sunday?

[leftygolfer]

6. not concerned about whip counts right now on websites

when it's time to put this over the top, i trust pelosi, reid and obama. no way they'd let it go this far to fall short. i think they know the outcome before putting their necks on the line.