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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.
Caucus4Priorities, the grassroots campaign dedicated to shifting $60 million from Cold War weapons in the Pentagon to fund unmet social needs, endorsed former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards this morning.
The group, launched and organized by Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen, has organized 10,000 Iowa caucus-goers who pledged to caucus only for the presidential candidate who best championed sensible budget priorities. The 11-member Iowa staff will now begin gearing up for their get-out-the-vote effort, said Iowa Communications Director Heidi Wessels.
“John Edwards demonstrates not only a belief in new budget priorities for America, but also the greatest commitment to incorporate that message into his campaign,” said State Director Peggy Huppert. “He will emerge from Iowa in strong contention for the nomination.”
The endorsement provided Edwards another boost before heading into the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson Jackson Dinner this Saturday.
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