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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 National Journal asked Republicans which member of their party they would “most like to mute,” and Iowa’s own U.S. Rep. Steve King earned high marks.
The magazine’s Hotline On Call blog gave a sneak peak of the survey, and coming in first place at 16 percent was “no one.” King tied for second with U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., Fox New commentator Glenn Beck and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as voted on by 65 Republican senators and representatives.
Which voice in your party would you most like to mute?
Congressional Insiders Dems GOPers Joe Lieberman 22% No one 16% Dennis Kucinich 19 Michele Bachmann 11 Sheila Jackson Lee 13 Glenn Beck 11 No one 13 Steve King 11 Bart Stupak 6 Sarah Palin 11 Tom Price 11
Also making The National Journal’s survey, although in a much less contentious category, was U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley. The Waterloo Democrat was ranked third when Congressional Democrats were asked “Which member has the brightest future?”
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