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Very, very closely. and i want to be very precise and i want our viewers to understand what this vote is all about. dana bash is our senior congressional correspondent. the republicans have introduced a motion to recommit. if it passes, if it gets 216 yay votes, dana, then what happens? because the democrats are trying to prevent, in this particular vote, 216 yes votes. >> reporter: thats right. what would happen if this would have passed -- or if this would pass, is that the health care bill wo...

Only a few seconds left for this voting on this so-called motion to recommit, that effectively could have killed passage of health care reform in the house of representatives. you see there are more than enough democrats, 232 nay votes. that means the motion has failed, it has not passed. this sets the stage for the final vote of the day in the house of representatives. a vote on the reconciliation bill. the changes in the just-passed health care reform bill that the democrats want, once this re...

>> i thank my dear friend, the speaker, and on that, i ask for a recorded vote. >> a recorded vote is requested. those in favor in the recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to rule a clause 20, this is a 15-minute vote on passage of the bill. it will be followed by five-minute votes on motions to suspend the rule with regard to house resolution 1099 and house resolution 1119. >> all ri...

This reconciliation bill. 184, no. the magic number is 216. as we watch this roll call, 193, john, you started a brand-new program, "john king: usa" tomorrow night. youll have something to talk about. >> ill have a lot to talk about. this is a fascinating and very significant policy vote, and we should focus on what it does for the american people, what it does for the insurance system, what it does for government reach and power in washington. because republicans are right when they say it does...

Number. if they get to 216 no votes, the motion to recommit fails. they will then go on to vote for the reconciliation bill, which will then pass and go to the senate for consideration in the days to come. 215 "no" votes right now. one more "no" vote and this motion to recommit fails. there it is right now. so this motion to recommit, the last-ditch effort by the republicans to try to set back health care reform, after having passed the house, 219-212, they now failed to get this motion to recom...

>> without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. the questions on the motion, those in favor say aye. >> aye! >> those opposed, say no. >> no! >> the nos have. >> mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. >> those favoring a recorded vote, rise. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. >> all right. 15 minutes from now, the roll call on this motion to recommit, as its called, will be over with. that will be 11:18 p.m. eastern....

Same. the abortion rate will rise and more unborn lives will be lost. the executive order does nothing to prevent funding for abortion in the co-op program or prevent funding for abortion in the high-risk insurance pool program. the executive order does not prevent hersa for providing regs. thereby, amending all plans that include abortion as a service. does nothing to prevent that surcharge from being implemented. it is full of loopholes. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to reinstate the pro-l...

Provide medical care without bankrupting the family. for the republicans who now claim that we send the bill back to committee under this guise of protecting life is disingenuous. >> i claim my time -- >> this motion is really to politicize life, not prioritize life. we stand for the american people. we stand up for life. vote no on this motion to recommit. and i yield back my time to the gentleman. >> i thank the gentleman -- >> order. order. >> my colleagues, my colleagues, we have come this f...

>> i would suggest -- i understand members are trying to ascertain whats in the motion. it would be helpful if we had a little understanding on both sides. >> mr. speaker! mr. speaker! mr. speaker! mr. speaker! mr. speaker! the ruling waived the reading of the amendment, mr. speaker. >> the house will be in order! >> mr. speaker, the very -- mr. speaker, the very egregious rule -- >> the gentleman from michigan has the floor! >> mr. speaker, the very strict rules of the house waived the reading ...

Insuring employees and staying open for business. they are why we committed ourselves to this cause. tonights vote is not a victory for any one party. its a victory for them. its a victory for the american people. and its a victory for common sense. now, it probably goes without saying tonights vote will give rise to a frenzy of instant analysis, it will be tallies of washington winners and losers, predictions about what it means for democrats and republicans, for my poll numbers, for my adminis...