The House of Representatives has successfully passed the health care bill with 220 votes.

11:07 PM ET — House health care bill gets votes needed for passage. 220 members of Congress — including one Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao of Louisiana — voted in favor of health care reform, advancing the legislation by the slimmist of margins. Forty-nine Democrats voted against the bill, along with 176 Republicans.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) cast vote #218, solidifying passage. Speaker Pelosi was "near sobbing," HuffPost's Ryan Grim reports.

Here's my favorite Republican comment thus far, from Politico:

Congratulation Democrats. You just killed our country. Collectively you have done more damaged than Osama Bin ladin could have dreamed of.
Posted By: jflobenst@dockpoint.net | November 07, 2009 at 11:25 PM