Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) arrives at a news conference on the Republican Filibuster of Reid's debt plan on Capitol Hill in Washington July 29, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly all Republicans in the Senate signed a letter saying they will not vote for a Democratic plan to raise the debt limit in a sign that the measure does not have the support it needs to advance in Congress.
Forty-three of the chamber’s 47 Republicans signed the letter, released on Saturday.
Democrats need at least seven Republican votes to clear a procedural vote in the 100-seat chamber. That vote is scheduled for 1 a.m. EDT on Sunday.
(Reporting by Andy Sullivan; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
This story was corrected to specify that most, not all, Republicans signed letter
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