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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.
Retired pilot Dave Funk, who is one of five Republicans running for the 3rd District Congressional seat, has hired the Iowa chairman of the Tea Party Patriots to lead his campaign.
Ryan Rhodes will join Funk’s campaign as political director. He is described in a press release as having “coordinated many grassroots efforts across the state and helped other states fight against unchecked growth and the stranglehold of big government.”
Dave Funk
Of the five men hoping to unseat incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, Funk has the closest ties to the Tea Party movement.
“Dave isn‘t just a late comer to the Tea Party for political purposes,” Rhodes said. “He has been there from the beginning and I believe he is someone we can trust to be a true voice of the people for limited government in Washington.”
Rhodes, 27, ran for state House District 45 in 2008 while still a student at Iowa State University. He lost to incumbent Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, D-Ames, by 17 percentage points.
Also running for the GOP nomination are physician Patrick Bertroche, former Iowa State University wrestling coach Jim Gibbons, retired architect Mark Rees and state Sen. Brad Zaun
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