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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.
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, has recorded a promotional video for the “Take the Town Halls to DC” campaign, promising activists some more results for this bout of lobbying.
“These members of Congress cannot reject you if you come here and look them in eye,” says King.
To some extent, this round of activism is kabuki for the cameras — all of the action is inside the Democratic caucus as wavering members are convinced to vote for the Senate bill. The “town hall” theme is meant to remind members what they’ll face when they come to their districts, but if those raucous responses came as surprises last year, they’re pretty rote now.
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