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.
Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, broke from the rest of Iowa’s Congressional delegation, including fellow Republican Tom Latham of Ames, to vote against instituting a 90 percent tax on bonuses for AIG and other financial firms that received bailout funds.
The bill was approved by a 328-93 vote, with 85 Republicans supporting the measure.
The bill put conservative Republicans in a difficult position of choosing between increasing a tax and opening themselves up for criticism for not supporting efforts to recover bonuses paid to AIG executives. The vote even split House Republican leadership, with Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., voting yes and Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, voting no.
Latham joined Democrats Bruce Braley, Leonard Boswell and Dave Loebsack in supporting the measure.
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