Swampland is reporting that the Democratic leadership still does not have enough votes from Republicans for the Bailout bill (emphasis mine):
A senior Democrat House aide in a position to know tells me they are still short on GOP votes on the bailout, er, rescue plan. Unless more names of Republicans committed to switching their votes are produced by tomorrow the vote will be postponed till the weekend to give Bush and the GOP more time to convince their members to vote for the deal. Fearful of a Monday repeat, Dems are refusing to bring the bill to the floor unless the have the actual GOP whip counts - including names - showing they have enough votes, the aide said
While Pelosi is counting Republican votes, we have time to peel off Democratic and Republican ones:
Republican Sen. Bob Bennett, a supporter of the bailout supporter, has said that phone calls to House Representatives will determine whether this bill passes the House. Since the House vote on the Bailout is being held up to whip more votes, this gives us a (small) window to call our reps and get them to vote no.
Pelosi's statement, via Swampland:
We want to see if we still have the 141 votes we had before. And that seems to be coming in pretty well. But we haven't -- you know, what you have to remember is members like to see the bill before they give you an answer. And they saw what happened in the Senate last night. But now they're getting a closer look. And as they review it, then we can go forward to see what the vote will be. And we're not going to take a bill to the floor that doesn't have the votes. I'm optimistic that we will take a bill to the floor.
After you've made your phone call, sign the Campaign For America petition to stop the Bailout. There's no reason to hand over more money and authority to the Bush administration out of fear.
UPDATE - Pelosi wants this done. Our window is closing:
Another senior Democratic House aide tells me that they are still pushing like mad to get this thing done tomorrow. At a 6pm caucus meeting tonight, Pelosi underlined to House Democrats the importantance of voting on this bill tomorrow. "The concensus of the caucus is to move tomorrow," the aide said. "Many Dem supporters spoke in favor of bill."