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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.
Republican U.S. Rep. Steve King of Kiron was the only member of Iowa’s congressional delegation to vote against a $2 billion spending bill Friday afternoon to extend the “cash for clunkers” program.
The bill, of which Democratic U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley was a co-sponsor, aims to encourage American car owners to trade in older, less fuel efficient cars for higher gas mileage vehicles by offering a $4,500 rebate. King voted in favor of the original legislation last month.
“I’m hopeful that the Senate is going to act quickly on this,” Braley told reporters Friday. “My hope is that if they don’t act today they will act early next week and we can get this bill to the president’s desk and get it approved.”
King has not yet issued a statement explaining his rationale for opposing the program.
The Senate is expected to take up the measure next week. Republican John McCain has already promised a filibuster.
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