“There is no deal” on abortion says Woolsey, adding that all pro-choice female Dems will bolt if Stupak prevails.

In Bean, Bishop, Hill in Yes Column, Daily Kos, October 20, 2010, 10:22 a.m., by mcjoan, excerpt quoted verbatim, mcjoan clarifies the situation:

Melissa Bean is a yes, as is Baron Hill, and Sanford Bishop, and Bill Owens. They’ve all been added to dday’s count which he now as “204-206, 11 undecided, 10 Stupak bloc.” The “no” vote added so far today is John Barrow.

As for the Stupak bloc, The Hill reports:

Stupak still commands more than seven votes against the bill, said Rep. Dan Lipinksi (D-Ill.).

“They’re still short on votes,” said Lipinski, a Stupak confederate. “There’s still time and they still need votes.”

Lipinski noted that the agreement that led to Stupak’s stronger abortion language in the original House bill came about at the 11th hour. “Last time, we know what happened: They came at the last minute so we’re continuing to work on it.” Lipinski would not rule out support of an executive action by Obama, but added, “I’ll definitely have some questions about that.”

Shortly after her comments, Pelosi huddled in her office with anti-abortion rights Democratic Reps. Tim Carney (Pa.), Kathy Dahlkemper (Pa.) and Steve Driehaus (Ohio). After exiting the room, Dahlkemper told reporters, “We’re still working on it.”

Brian Beutler reports that Pelosi is also meeting with Stupak. Maybe he he won’t get his separate vote, but he’s still in negotiations to get something.

Update: CNN’s Evan Glass tweets:

Pro-choice Dem women are giving the green light for Obama to sign an executive order reaffirming no fed $ for abortion #hcr

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Update 2: In comments, Faheyman says that Gerry Connolly is about to announce his intention to vote “yes”.

Read the full article, here.

Also good, but earlier over at Daily Kos is tdub‘s diary, BREAKINGx9: Deal with Stupak is OFF! “We think we have the votes without him.”, 3/20/2010, 7:23 a.m.

This is before there was any talk of an executive order by Obama. Here is the beginning of tdub’s diary:

UPDATEx9: Rep. DeGette of the pro-choice caucus says Dems don’t need Stupak and that she will support an executive order clarifying what everyone with a brain knows already, that the Senate bill will not spend Federal money on abortions. Pelosi also backs the executive order. (HuffPo, h/t Just Keep it Simple Stupid) It looks like “pro-choice female Dems” were a key part of giving Stupak the shaft.

UPDATEx8: Fullest reporting yet at Ezra’s twitter list for the latest! Brian Beutler says there are maybe 1-2 votes still to get.

UPDATE: See The Passage Before the Passage, The Washington Post, March 20, 2010, by Ezra Klein:

The fact that 222 House Democrats voted down a Republican effort to outlaw “deem and pass” as a way to pass the health-care reform bill strikes me as very strong evidence that this bill is going to pass. In some ways, the easiest way for nervous House Democrats to let this thing die would’ve been to hide behind procedural concerns.

See, As sparks fly, Democrats close in on 216 votes, Politico, March 20, 2010, by Jonathan Allen.

Interesting reading is A Guide for Those Traumatized by Right-Wing, Fear-Mongering Lies on Health Care Reform, Egberto Willies.com, March 20, 2010, by Mitchell Bard.

Tea Party sign threatens gun violence if health care passes., Think Progress, March 20, 2010, 4 p.m., by Think Progress.

Is Boehner now threatening violence? (with update), Daily Kos, March 20, 2010, by NewDealer.

Great Live Video of Obama talking with Dems on MSNBC.

Charyl on Twitter has good phone numbers to call Reps to vote YES on HCR.

See, Timing for tomorrow’s votes, MSNBC First Read, March 20, 2010, by Domenico Montenaro: Vote on rule around 3pm, on reconciliation around 5:30, on Senate bill sometime after. Hopefully signed into law tomorrow evening.

See, House Democrats Draw Closer to Having the Votes for Health Care Bill, Truthout, March 20, 2010, by William Douglas, David Lightman and Margaret Talev, excerpt quoted verbatim:

Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives continued scouring for votes Friday among reluctant anti-abortion and conservative Democrats in search of enough “Yeas” to triumph in Sunday’s historic vote on a $940 billion health care overhaul — and they appeared tantalizingly close to their goal.

Democrats picked up five more “yes” votes Friday when Reps. John Boccieri, D-Ohio, Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio, Allen Boyd, D-Fla., Suzanne Kosmas, D-Fla., and Scott Murphy, D-N.Y., all said they’d support the bill. Boccieri, Boyd and Kosmas had voted against the House health care bill in November. Wilson voted for it then but had been undecided about Sunday’s vote.

Democrats need 216 votes for passage, and if no “ayes” switch to “no,” they should have enough. However, qualms about abortion, as well as some other concerns on a variety of topics, kept the outcome in some doubt Friday.