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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.
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The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
The Des Moines Register is reporting Monday that the National Republican Campaign Committee has launched a robo call against 3rd District Rep. Leonard Boswell, hammering the Des Moines Democrat on issues ranging from health care to cap and trade to the federal stimulus.
The script, according to The Register:
“Leonard Boswell spent 2009 helping liberal Speaker Nancy Pelosi push a massive government takeover of health care, a cap-and-trade energy bill that will increase costs for Iowa workers, and a massive $787 billion pork-laden spending bill that he called a stimulus but that has not helped the Iowa economy. Tell him your New Year’s resolution is to watch his votes in 2010 to make sure he is voting for Iowa families, not the liberal agenda of the Democrat party leaders in Washington.”
There are currently five men facing off in the Republican primary for the right to challenge Boswell in 2010. The Cook Political Report and CQ Politics bot rate the district as “Likely Democrat.”
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