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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.
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, has never been one to shy away from controversial statements, a trait that followed him to Iowa’s political Twitterverse. His Twitter account of a run in with a “crazy raccoon” got him in hot water with animal-rights group PETA, and his latest Tweet called the process Democrats are using to pass health care reform “macabre.”
So it should come as no surprise that some were fooled when earlier this month another Twitter account, named “King for Congress,” popped up promising to share the Iowa Republican’s thoughts on the world. A few Iowa politicos truly believed it was King unfiltered, since it does look exactly like a legitimate campaign account with photos and a link to King’s Web site. But as it turns out the new feed was a satirical take on the congressman’s controversial style, a sort of 21st Century parody.
Take, for instance, Rep. King’s March 5 post:
Or, how about this one from March 11:
Or March 14:
Or my personal favorite, from Monday:
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