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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.
Jim Leach is taking his Barack Obama endorsement on the cable news circuit, appearing Tuesday night on Chris Matthews’ “Hardball” on MSNBC in a “Republicans for Obama” segment.
“Do we want a new direction rooted in historical American values, or one that might be described as aberrational, that is unusual, in which we attack countries that haven’t attacked us, in which we lay plans for long term occupation of a land where America and the West are deeply resented,” Leach asked. “It’s time for a change and that change needs to come quickly.”
Leach declined to state who Abraham Lincoln would support in this election — yes, Matthews actually asked. “It’s always presumptuous to think of anyone in a historical setting,” Leach said, “but Abraham Lincoln would insist that every American vote for the best candidate irregardless of color of skin. And that is where the great Republican tradition resides.”
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