Pelosi 'Doesn't Have the Votes'

White House officials on Sunday confidently predicted quick final passage of healthcare reform but a top Democratic vote-counter said the party still needs to line up more support in the House of Representatives.

With President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul headed for a final House vote this week, House Democratic Whip James Clyburn said Democrats were short for now of the 216 votes needed but he was confident they could find them.

"We don't have them as of this morning, but we've been working this thing all weekend, we'll be working it going into the week, I'm also very confident that we'll get this done," Clyburn, the No. 3 House Democrat who is entrusted with lining up the party's votes, said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Senior White House adviser David Axelrod and spokesman Robert Gibbs appeared on a series of Sunday morning talk shows to say the stalled overhaul, Obama's top legislative priority, was headed for approval in the House this week.

"I think we will have the votes to pass this," Axelrod said on CNN's "State of the Union." Read more here.

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