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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.
Former state Rep. Bob Krause (D-Fairfield), who is running against U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, was on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show Wednesday night.
While Krause faces stiff odds in his bid to defeat Iowa’s senior senator (assuming he wins the nomination), Democratic activists who are unsure of the challenger’s readiness for prime-time may take comfort in watching the video, which I’ve posted below.
(Krause comes in about half-way through the segment, which is about Grassley’s misleading allusions to the debunked “forced euthanasia” meme.)
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Krause is not the only Democrat hoping to challenge Grassley next year. Former state Sen. Tom Fiegen (D-Clarence) is expected to enter the race any day now.
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