What time is the health-care vote? And other critical questions.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010; 10:41 PM
Updated 8:20 p.m. By Paul Kane The final showdown has arrived, the House opened up for legislative business right at 1 p.m., and everybody's got two questions they want answered: Do Democrats have the votes -- and when will the vote be? Here's a road map to the afternoon, evening and -- potentially -- nighttime ahead on Capitol Hill as President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her leadership team try to lock down the final votes to pass the sweeping $940 billion health-care bill. The key issues: What time is the health-care vote? (Updated 8:20 p.m.) The most precise answer is: Some time after 10 p.m. The most optimistic scenario crafted by Democrats this morning had them moving to the big votes on the legislation around 6 p.m. But Republicans have forced a series of votes on parliamentary points of order, each of which was beaten back largely
