The tally with just a few seconds remaining in the original voting time is 213 Nays and 192 Yeas with only 26 votes remaining. Update: In the words of President Bush, “this sucker’s going down.” 228 against, 205 for, with one not voting. There would have to be some serious arm-twisting in the next few minutes to get this passed. Now, what do they do? Update: 227-206 was the final vote, with one abstention. The Dow was down 700 at its lowest point today. It’s now down 550.
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