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A an announcement by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of a deal on a $789.5 economic stimulus package comes as public support for passage has risen, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Feb. 10.

Fifty-nine percent of Americans support it versus 33 percent opposed, and increase from the 52 percent to 38 percent margin of a week ago.

Support among Democrats increased from 70 percent to 82 percent which Gallup said suggests that Barack Obama's sales campaign for the package had shown results. Support among independents rose only 1 point to 56 percent and by 4 points among Republicans to 28 percent.