A vote to override Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto of a plan to restore a health care program for the poor could come today in the House of Representatives.

DFL legislators and Pawlenty were unable this weekend to reach an agreement on a 16-month fix for the General Assistance Medical Care program, which serves impoverished adults without dependent children.

"No additional meetings are scheduled between now and tomorrow's floor Session," House DFL caucus spokesman Andrew Wittenborg said in an email late last night. "I would anticipate a vote to override the Governor's veto of GAMC," he wrote.

Last Friday, Republican House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers said his caucus would uphold the governor's veto in an override vote if an agreement wasn't reached. The DFL majority needs three Republican votes to form a supermajority to override a veto.

Republicans joined DFLers to overwhelmingly approve a 16-month fix for the program. Just nine Republicans in the House voted against the bill then.

Last Thursday, the Senate was able to override the veto.

The governor wants to transfer about 30,000 GAMC recipients to the MinnesotaCare program, a move DFLers say would bankrupt MinnesotaCare, a program for low-income working adults. GAMC recipients also would be hard-pressed to keep up with premiums, co-pays and enrollment requirements of MinnesotaCare.

The Save GAMC Coalition plans a vigil at 12:30 p.m. today on the second floor of the Capitol rotunda. A previous rally drew nearly 700 people to the Capitol last month.