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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.
Iowa GOP Chairman Stewart Iverson today condemned comments by Barack Obama, which portrayed blue collar workers in small towns across the country as “bitter” because their elected officials were not doing enough to improve rural economies.“Clearly Senator Obama forgot his conversations with Iowans while he was trying to appeal to the liberal elite in San Francisco,” said Iverson. “Only an elitist like Senator Obama would think that people vote their values only out of bitterness, anger and frustration.
“Only an elitist like Senator Obama thinks he knows your hopes and fears better than you do. You can’t be more out of touch than that.
“Iowa Democrats should condemn these elitist remarks immediately, or they clearly stand in agreement with him.”
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