Prior to that, in the early 1900s, many moderate-size cities had their own stock exchanges.

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Ben Nelson of Nebraska, a moderate Democrat whom the Republicans have been actively courting, would mean the White House would have to start negotiating the size and scope of the tax cut, something the Bush team did not want to do this early in the budget process.

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