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A group of House Democrats and Republicans reached agreement on a compromise acid rain bill, brightening prospects for congressional action on air pollution control legislation this year. The measure, scheduled to be unveiled at a news conference today, would require a 10-million-ton reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions from power plants and other coal-burning boilers by 1997.
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