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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.
Although Iowans may be pleased to see Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius stumping in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and West Burlington today, Republicans in her home state have been critical of her rigorous campaign schedule.
She told the Hutchinson (Kans.) News that she campaigns mostly on the weekends:
Sebelius campaigns on behalf of the Obama-Biden ticket, with out-of-state travel – sometimes on commercial flights, sometimes by private plane – “entirely paid for by the campaign,” she said.
Mostly, campaigning occurs on weekends, said Sebelius, scheduled to go to Indiana and Ohio this Friday and Saturday.
To which the Kansas GOP blogged:
Wrong. Most of Sebelius’s campaigning occurs during the week – during the time she is “working” for the people of Kansas.
If not, then apparently today, tomorrow and the next day are weekend days! In that case, I want to follow the Governor’s schedule.
Seriously, the Governor must think the people of Kansas are stupid …
Kathleen Sebelius is not only lying to the media when she says she campaigns for Obama “mostly on the weekends” but she is disregarding her #1 priority: BEING GOVERNOR OF KANSAS!
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