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With a steel mill and campaign cash, Trump and GOP leaders launch an Iowa rescue mission

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By Eric Bradner, Jeff Zeleny, CNN Waterloo, Iowa (CNN) — Republicans are on a rescue mission in Iowa, touting new plans for a $15 billion steel mill as President Donald Trump and the state’s GOP leaders rush to blunt the political impact of a battered economy and prevent the governor’s office, a Sen…

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    By Eric Bradner, Jeff Zeleny, CNN Waterloo, Iowa (CNN) — Republicans are on a rescue mission in Iowa, touting new plans for a $15 billion steel mill as President Donald Trump and the state’s GOP leaders rush to blunt the political impact of a battered economy and prevent the governor’s office, a Sen…

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