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      <excerpt>...majority of Republicans support free trade initiatives, Democrats are split. A bipartisan group of 88 House members, led by Reps. Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Dave Reichert, R-Wash., wrote Obama urging action on the South Korea agreement. On the other side,</excerpt>
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