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BOISE, Idaho iAPl — Prodding the new Republican Congress from a conservativestate,President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged GOP lawmakers to work with him on an agenda that helps the middle class and insisted they offer better alternatives if they disagree with his ideas.'Tell me how we get to yes," he declared. On his first stop in Idaho as presi-
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