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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.
Will Republican Congressman Tom Latham (IA-04) challenge Democratic Senator Tom Harkin in 2008?
Jane Norman of the Des Moines Register adds to the speculation that Latham might be pondering a run, informing readers that Latham recently made the move from rural Franklin County, to Ames in Story County.
Latham told Norman that the move had nothing to do with pondering a bid for the Senate, but did not rule out a run.
Harkin has held his Senate seat since 1984. He has faced numerous challenges from other sitting Congressmen and never lost.
Businessman Steve Rathje is the only other Republican candidate to declare he is running against Harkin next year.
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