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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: that's right. what would happen if this would have passed -- or if this would pass, is that the health care bill would -- one of two things, either go back to committee, which effectively kills the bill, or at leas...

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 reconciliation vote starts, there will be 15 minutes of voting time for that, and then the democrats n...

>> 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 right. so that's it. so now they're in the 15-minute window for actual voting on

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. you'll have something to talk about. >> i'll 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 increase the power and role of government. and tomorrow, senator scott brown, who changed everyth...

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 recommit. 217 "no" votes right now. john king, they have failed to get this done, but as brianna says, so...