Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. Our chief executive and founder announced two of our sister sites would close and their content would be moved to The American Independent.
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.
In an open letter to President Bush yesterday, 70 U.S. House members said they would support no further funding for the Iraq war except for “the protection and safe redeployment of all our troops out of Iraq.”
The list include 69 Democrats, but none of the three Iowa Democrats in the House. Only one Republican — Presidential candidate Ron Paul of Texas — signed. Oddly, Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich of Ohio did not sign, even though he has been one of only about ten House members who has voted against any additional war funding.
The full list (below the fold):Rep. Artur Davis (AL)
Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ)
Rep. Ed Pastor (AZ)
Rep. Lois Capps (CA)
Rep. Bob Filner (CA)
Rep. Michael Honda (CA)
Rep. Barbara Lee (CA)
Rep. Grace Flores Napolitano (CA)
Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA)
Rep. Hilda Solis (CA)
Rep. Pete Stark (CA)
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA)
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA)
Rep. Diane Watson (CA)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (CA)
Rep. Diana DeGette (CO)
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (FL)
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA)
Rep. John Lewis (GA)
Rep. David Scott (GA)
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (HI)
Rep. Danny Davis (IL)
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL)
Rep. Phil Hare (IL)
Rep. Bobby Rush (IL)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL)
Rep. Julia Carson (IN)
Rep. Bill Delahunt (MA)
Rep. Barney Frank (MA)
Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA)
Rep. Ed Markey (MA)
Rep. James McGovern (MA)
Rep. John Olver (MA)
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD)
Rep. Albert Wynn (MD)
Rep. John Conyers (MI)
Rep. Keith Ellison (MN)
Rep. Betty McCollum (MN)
Rep. Jim Oberstar (MN)
Rep. William Lacy Clay (MO)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (MO)
Rep. G. K. Butterfield (NC)
Rep. Paul Hodes (NH)
Rep. Rush Holt (NJ)
Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ)
Rep. Donald Payne (NJ)
Rep. Steve Rothman (NJ)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY)
Rep. John Hall (NY)
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (NY)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY)
Rep. Charles Rangel (NY)
Rep. Ed Towns (NY)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (NY)
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR)
Rep. Chaka Fattah (PA)
Rep. Ron Paul (TX)
Rep. Steve Cohen (TN)
Rep. Rubin Hinojosa (TX)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX)
Rep. Ron Paul (TX).
Rep. Donna Christensen (USVI)
Rep. Jim Moran (VA)
Rep. Bobby Scott (VA)
Rep. Jim McDermott (WA)
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Rep. Gwen Moore (WI)
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