Tonight, inside of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in the Capitol, Democrats huddled, trying to hammer out last-minute deals on their health-care bill. Throughout the evening, staffers and members streamed in and out, offering reporters few details about the deliberations. Rep. Mike Doyle (D., Pa.) emerged at 9:15 P.M. and played coy, saying little in response to questions about any potential abortion deal. John Lawrence, Pelosi’s chief of staff, left at 9:25 P.M., telling reporters that there are still “a couple of different options on the table” with regard to regional-disparity problems in proposed Medicare reimbursements for local hospitals. Other staffers said no further abortion news will come tonight. At 10:00 P.M., Rep. Ron Kind (D., Wis.) entered, along with a group of other members, to meet with Pelosi about regional disparities. Kind remains publicly undecided.

UPDATE: Tense times at the Capitol. Democrats are being called into the Speaker’s office at the eleventh hour for negotiations. Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D., Pa.) just arrived at 10:20 P.M. Regional Medicare reimbursement disparities appears to be the issue. Staffers are on their cell phones, telling their bosses to hustle in. Twice in the last 20 minutes, Speaker Pelosi has come into the lobby herself, looking for (maybe) arriving members. It’s now 10:30 P.M.