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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.
Rep. Leonard L. Boswell, an Iowa congressman who represents Des Moines and much of the rural center of the state, announced Friday his endorsement of Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Democratic caucuses to be held on January 3.
Boswell, who spent 20 years in the United States Army prior to returning to Iowa to farm and serve in the legislature. He’s been in the United States House of Representative since 1997 and has won re-election six times, typically collecting little more than half the votes cast.
Boswell said in an email sent to his supporters on Friday that he was supporting Clinton because he believes she can solve the tough problems facing the country.
“From fighting for abused and neglected kids as a young lawyer, to reforming the schools in Arkansas, to fighting for healthcare as First Lady, she has taken on big challenges and been an agent of change who doesn’t give up,” a portion of the letter said. “
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