House passes Dem health care bill by a vote of 220 to 215.
One Republican voted for the Democratic bill: Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao (R-LA). See this post from earlier this evening on the background to his vote. Here’s Cao’s statement on his vote.
Late Update: Here’s the roll call on the final vote. And for those keeping score at home here’s the roll call on the Stupak abortion amendment.
218 for; only one Dem yet to vote.
Late Update: We have one GOP vote for — presumably that’s Rep. Cao (R-LA), though no confirmation on that yet.
The final vote appears to be 220 – 215.
10:58 PM: With amendments and procedural mumbojumbo out of the way, the actual vote is about to get underway.
11:01 PM: Not too much to talk about on a final vote live blog. Currently at 196 for, 29 Dems voting against.
11:03 PM: Currently ten more votes needed and 14 Dems still to vote. Presumably they’re going to do this on a straight 218, just like in the Clinton years. No ‘wasted’ votes.
GOP alternative amendment (i.e., the House GOP’s bill) goes down to defeat 258-176.
Late Update: Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL) was the sole Republican to vote against the Boehner bill. No one seem really clear as to what his reasoning was. As I noted below, Rep. Cao (R-LA) is the only member of the Republican caucus believed to be in play. And he voted for it, though in a high stakes case like this it would not be surprising to see him vote for both.
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) …
I wonder if Michele Bachmann wearing a lei (on the Floor) means she has recognized that Hawaii is a state and President Obama is a citizen?