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CAFTA Could Shape ’06 Races

By Ben Pershing and Erin P. Billings
Roll Call Staff
Aug. 1, 2005, Midnight

As the fight over the Central America Free Trade Agreement in the House ended last week with a narrow vote for passage, campaign strategists from both parties were already beginning to gauge how the issue might play out in key races next November.

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