After months of acrimonious partisanship, Democrats closed ranks on a 220-215 vote that included 39 defections, mostly from the party's conservative ranks. But the bill attracted a surprise Republican convert: Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana, who represents the Democratic-leaning district of New Orleans and had been the target of a last-minute White House lobbying campaign. GOP House leaders had predicted their members would unanimously oppose the bill.<
I do want to point out that, the world socialist website... does not have this... if you are looking for some kind of proof of socialist conspiracy. That the real socialists did not stay up to wait for the vote is just about it.
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