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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.
The Iowa Senate passed sweeping legislation by a 29-21 vote Wednesday evening that will ban smoking in bars and restaurants, outdoor sports arenas, casinos, veterans’ clubs and the state Veterans’ Home in Marshalltown.
The bill, which is stricter than legislation passed in the House last week, was approved mostly along party lines with most of its support coming from Democrats and most of the opposition coming from Republicans.
The debate now returns to the House where representatives will debate the merits of the Senate’s revised version. Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has said he will sign the legislation if it is approved.
Sen. Staci Appel, D-Ackworth, who was floor manager for the bill, told lawmakers that the legislation, was “
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