Obama Calls on U.S. Senate to Take Health Bill to ‘Finish Line’

218 needed for passage: At 9:04 Pm Colorado Time the vote is 212 yes and 207 no (8 minutes left to vote)

9:07 PM Colorado Time – 11:07 PM DC Time 218 Votes pass – House erupts in applause and cheers. I’m going to go throw up…I’d go get drunk if I wasn’t a Mormon.

UPDATE:
Final Vote: 220 Yes 215 No

Mothers of America, I suggest you learn Childbirth Self Sufficiency…
Jenny Hatch

PS What got me the most listening to the various speeches was John Dingell from Michigan pompously claiming that detractors in the thirties and the sixties said that Social Security and Medicare would Bankrupt the country.  How he could say that with a straight face was simply beyond me.  But as he said it, I thought, “AND THEY WERE RIGHT!”  The biggest Ponzi Scheme, the biggest Pyramid Scandal  of the past hundred years in America have been Social Security and Medicare.  They NEVER should have been created.  They are completely bankrupt, and this new health care move is the death knell of our American Free Enterprise System.

I have no doubt it will be signed into law by Mr. Obama, after some version of it being passed by the Senate. Or Maybe Sanity will be upheld in America.  Jeffrey H. Anderson talks about Mutiny in Scrutiny at NRO.  Hot Air says Coburn plans to read the bill … on the floor of the Senate.  And Sarah Palin wrote on her Facebook Page: The Pelosi Bill Was Rammed Through on Saturday, But Sunday’s Coming

 And then the true Fleecing of America will begin, unless if the Senate can manage to stomp it to death.

As for me and my house?  I’m Going Galt with my Health Care. Our Family has been moving in this direction for a long time.  They may pass a bill that says I have to have Health Insurance, but that does not mean I have to use it…

I suppose if this bill passes it might ease things in my heart if Obamacare passes.

Sweetness and Light reports: Suddenly Abortion *Is* In Health Bill

Erica Werner, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let people who get federal subsidies buy insurance plans that include abortion coverage…

Abortion-rights supporters were outraged at the concession to abortion opponents. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., said “there is a risk” that some in the Pro-Choice Caucus would vote against the bill as a result.

The bill would cost more than $1 trillion over the next decade. It would provide health coverage to tens of millions of Americans who don’t have it now, require most employers to offer it to their workers and prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage based on a person’s medical history.

“The status quo is unaffordable and unsustainable. Health care reform benefits all of us,” said Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa., as debate opened on the House floor…

The abortion agreement was reached at midnight Friday after hours of intense negotiations brokered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Democratic Reps. Bart Stupak of Michigan, Brad Ellsworth of Indiana and other abortion opponents fought for and won an opportunity to insert tougher restrictions into the legislation during debate, despite fervent opposition from pro-choice liberals who are a driving force behind the overall bill.

“We wish to maintain current law, which says no public funding for abortion,” Stupak said.

A shredded copy of the proposed healthcare reform legislation lies in the hallway outside Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s office on Captiol Hill after a protest against reforms, November 5, 2009.

It’s weird, I’ve been watching C-span off and on all day and right now I found myself reading Satirical web sites to ease the intensity of the day. Onion Article: Congress Approves $500 Billion For Monument To Human Folly Peoples Cube: To All Bourgeoisie, Join Us, or Go To Jail

The Stupak Amendment would bar federal funds for abortions, with some exceptions.  15 minute vote: It’s winding down right now. Yeas are 229 and nays are 188.

The amendment, written by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., would bar the new government insurance plan from covering abortions, except in cases of rape, incest, or where the life of the mother is in danger. The Democrats’ original legislation would have allowed the government plan to cover abortions.

UPDATE!

The AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED!

C-Span has just announced that a final vote on the bill will take place within the next 45 minutes.  It is now 8:22 in Colorado.  I pray it will go down to defeat…

POLITICO: Dems sources: 218 is on the way – Live Pulse – Dems sources: 218 is on the way.

Here we go…