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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.
A former Florida governor rumored to possibly have 2012 presidential aspirations will stump in neighboring Wisconsin next month.
Jeb Bush will host a $250 per person reception, according to National Journal’s Hotline, for Scott Walker, a Republican county executive competing for the governor’s office. Walker hopes to replace Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat who is retiring.
The event will be held March 8 at the Pfisher Hotel in Milwaukee. Attendees who wish to pay $1,000 can have their photo taken with Bush, and those who pay $5,000 will be eligible for a 30-minute roundtable discussion with the former Florida executive.
Bush, who is the brother of Pres. George W. Bush and the son of Pres. George H.W. Bush, does not yet have plans to visit the Hawkeye State — a fact that might or might not dispel rumors that he is becoming more politically involved in preparation for a 2012 run.
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