In a blow to Reid, Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, said Tuesday that he would support a Republican filibuster unless the bill is changed. Other key Democratic moderates, including Sens. Evan Bayh of Indiana, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, also said they were uncertain how they'd vote.
[...] With all 40 Republicans in the Senate opposing his bill, Reid would need unanimous support from the 60 Democrats to cut off debate and bring the measure to a vote. Though he was known to be short of the threshold before Monday's announcement, some Democrats hoped that by calling it a done deal, Reid could convince those lawmakers with reservations about the bill to vote at least to cut off debate -- even if they planned to vote against the bill in the end. Then Reid would need only 51 supporters to pass the bill.
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