Latest Whip Count On House Health Care Bill - 20+ Democrats Say They'll Vote No

[Hissyspit]

http://news.firedoglake.com/2009/11/06/latest-whip-count-on-house-health-care-bill

Latest Whip Count On House Health Care Bill

By: David Dayen Friday November 6, 2009 4:10 pm
OK. I’ve basically gone through practically every member in the House. And here’s what I’ve got.

There are 258 Democratic members of the House.

There are 25 definite no votes.

Adler, Baird, Boren, Bright, Childers, A. Davis, L. Davis, Gordon, P.Griffith, Herseth Sandlin, Kissell, Kosmas, Kratovil, Marshall, Massa, Matheson, McMahon, Melancon, Minnick, Peterson, Skelton, Stupak, Tanner, Taylor, Teague

That leaves 233 members. I’m counting 189 firm yes votes and 44 undecideds. Democrats would need to get 29 on those 44 undecideds to pass the bill. Here’s the names of those undecideds:

Jason Altmire (D-PA) – office says he’s “reviewing the bill closely”; told Bloomberg that the leadership “doesn’t appear to have the votes”
John Barrow (D-GA) – undecided
Melissa Bean (D-IL) – office says she’s “reviewing the entire bill”
Marion Berry (D-AR) – told Fox News he’s undecided
John Boccieri (D-OH) – undecided
Rick Boucher (D-VA) – office says “still in the process of deciding”
Allen Boyd (D-FL) – office says undecided
Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) – The Hill describes him as “lean no”
Chris Carney (D-PA) – undecided
Ben Chandler (D-KY) – leaning no
Jim Cooper (D-TN) – office says undecided
Jim Costa (D-CA) – undecided
Jerry Costello (D-IL) – undecided
Steve Driehaus (D-OH) – hinging on abortion language
Chet Edwards (D-TX) – undecided
Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) – hinging on his abortion language
Bill Foster (D-IL) – office says undecided
Baron Hill (D-IN) – weighing the bill
Jim Himes (D-CT) – lean yes
Tim Holden (D-PA) – office says undecided
Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) – office says undecided
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) – reviewing the bill
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) – might vote no because of lack of his single-payer amendment: UPDATE based on what he just emailed through the Progressive Democrats of America list, may be a yes vote after all
Dan Lipinski (D-IL) – office says undecided
Dan Maffei (D-NY) – undecided
Betsey Markey (D-CO) – office says undecided
Mike McIntyre (D-NC) – office says undecided
Harry Mitchell (D-AZ) – studying the bill
Allan Mollohan (D-WV) – supports if abortion language clarified
Glenn Nye (D-VA) – still needs to be convinced
James Oberstar (D-MN) – office says undecided
Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) – undecided
Tom Perriello (D-VA) – told Morning Joe today he was “closer to yes”
Gary Peters (D-MI) – reviewing the bill
Nick Rahall (D-WV) – supports if abortion language clarified
Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) – undecided
Mike Ross (D-AR) – office says undecided
Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) – this blog post seems to suggest she supports the bill
Adam Schiff (D-CA) – no information
Kurt Schrader (D-OR) – office says undecided
Heath Shuler (D-NC) – GOP Congressman says he’s a no, but could be trash-talking
Adam Smith (D-WA) – undecided
Zack Space (D-OH) – undecided
Betty Sutton (D-OH) – no information

[Aramchek]

1. It will pass.

[AlinPA]

2. Thanks for your work. This looks bad. It looks like no vote for a long time. nt

[xchrom]

3. don't care anymore -- and there isn't here who has more chronic health conditions.

though i hear through the grape vine -- some will take crumbs and bad legislation because it's SOMEthing.

well -- if we've lowered the bar for someone to be prez -- remember bush? -- then we've dropped the bar with a big bang for dems.

[beac]

4. I called all 4 of Perilleo's regional offices, his DC office AND emailed him.

Four staffers (incl DC) said he was undecided, but one said he was a 'probably voting YES.'