Obamacare passed

The Charleston Daily Mail ^ | March 19, 2010 | Don Surber

[2ndDivisionVet]

Please tell me why millions aren't outside the capitol building with pitchforks, torches, tar and feathers?!

[SJSAMPLE]

Because those of us that are going to be stuck paying for this are at our jobs.

[woofie]

I dont think it is a done deal yet

[2ndDivisionVet]

Did you read the article?

[MsLady]

I’m sick!!! It isn’t a done deal yet, but, I’m still sick.

[Cold Heat]

I agree...This is prelims.....

The vote will be close however.

[woofie]

Did you read the article?

Are people supposed to read the articles too?

[JenB987]

Everyone’s working or on FR.

[AuntB]

More from Michelle Malkin:

[previous question] is a vote against the Slaughter Solution. ”

Update 2:26pm Eastern. Final vote 222-203 with six not voting. Remember in November.

More from The Hill:

All Republican lawmakers who voted opposed the measure, which had the effect of ending the GOP’s effort to force a vote. They were joined by 28 Democrats, who broke with party members on the vote.

222 Democrats supported the measure, though, meaning enough to proceed. Three members of both parties did not vote.

Republicans had hoped for the separate vote to get Democratic lawmakers on record on the Senate bill, which includes some provisions on abortion, excise taxes, and other issues that House lawmakers find distasteful.

As this stand[s], Democrats plan a vote on a rule on Sunday that would make changes to the Senate-passed bill while deeming the original legislation to have passed the House.

Update 2:46pm Eastern. Here’s the roll call vote.

Those who didn’t vote:

Dem Ackerman
GOP Hastings (WA)
GOP Hoekstra
Dem Lofgren, Zoe
Dem Stark
GOP Westmoreland (Update: Was on his way to ICU for grandson, according to a constituent who contacted his office)

The 28 Dems who joined Republicans in opposing deem-and-pass cramdown:

Adler (NJ)
Arcuri
Boren
Bright
Carney
Childers
Cooper
Costello
Dahlkemper
Davis (AL)
Giffords
Herseth Sandlin
Holden
Kosmas
Kratovil
Lipinski
McIntyre
McNerney
Melancon
Michaud
Minnick
Mitchell
Nye
Perriello
Shuler
Stupak
Taylor
Teague

Question: Why did Democrats Jason Altmire and Stephen Lynch, who both have voiced public opposition to Deem-and-Pass tactics, support the Slaughter House resolution?

Jim Geraghty breaks out the vulnerable Dems including Altmire and Lynch who cast seppuku votes.

Ace of Spades: “I am getting really worried, because if 222 Democrats voted for this unconstitutional, very-unpopular maneuver, doesn’t that mean that all 222 will also vote for the bill itself? Why vote for this if you’re not going to vote for that?”

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/03/18/the-house-vote-on-barring-the-slaughter-solution-waiting/

[Lazamataz]

They will be granted Indulgences by Pope Pelosi to officially vote against it so they can keep their seats.

They won't.

[the long march]

And as much as this guy wants to be a pundit, IF Pelosi had 216 for any bill ( even the Slaughter dance) she would have just voted that. Truth is there are still folks on the fence ( ie waiting to see which way the crap statrs to roll)...

[fortheDeclaration]

If they are forced to pass this Bill with that false method, even though they have a 70 vote majority in the House, it will expose the Bill as a fraud and abomination.

[pb929]

I don't buy it. If this were already a done deal then Zero would not have cancelled his Asia trip. I think he cancelled because they are not yet confident they have the votes.

Also, check out Michael Barone's analysis of this preliminary vote here.

[Bluebeard16]

I'm sick!!! It isn't a done deal yet, but, I'm still sick. I'll second that! I have that ball of nausea in the pit of my stomach.

[bboop]

You’d better tell Rush and the others. They don’t seem to have this secret information.

[eccentric]

Another Easter as sickening as the killing of Teri Schaivo and the taking of Elian Gonzalez

[Notary Sojac]

If Pelosi had 222 votes to pass the Senate bill straight up, SHE WOULD ALREADY HAVE DONE SO.

[2ndDivisionVet]

From the article: I hate to tell readers this, but Obamacare passed on Thursday at 2:22 PM. That was when the House approved the Slaughter solution 222-203. A vote for Slaughter was a vote for Obamacare. It did not “barely” pass because a few of those abstentions and maybe a couple of the Nos were green-lighted by the party’s leadership.

[the long march]

And that is the writer’s take on what the vote for a GOP lead bill means.

[nina0113]

Please tell me why millions aren't outside the capitol building with pitchforks, torches, tar and feathers?!

You're on your way, right?