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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
Obama ’08 has sent out an email to supporters signed by former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle and announcing an upcoming appearance on behalf of Sen. Barack Obama.
The affiliation between the two senators comes as little surprise to those who have taken time to sit and considering the connections. Still, this will mark the first time Daschle has served as such an overt surrogate in Iowa for Obama.
Daschle will appear at the Obama for America state headquarters, 323 E. Locust St. in Des Moines, this Saturday at noon.
“While Barack has been working hard in the Hawkeye state for awhile now, Saturday’s event marks the official opening of the Iowa HQ,” Daschle wrote in the letter to supporters. “We will have music, refreshments and a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Saturday marks the beginning of what promises to be a grueling and inspiring eight-month sprint to the caucuses in January.”
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