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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.
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s political action committee, SarahPAC, has raised more than $2 million since its formation in January 2009. So which lawmakers and candidates are benefiting from all that potential spending cash? Well, Iowa’s Chuck Grassley, for one.
Well, here’s the list of politicians who received SarahPAC donations in 2009*
Julissa Treviño contributed research to this post.
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