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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.
Six Iowans have been tapped to serve on former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s National Faith and Values Steering Committee. Of the six, only one is female and none of the Iowans will serve as chairs of the committee.
The members are:
Of the 50 members of the steering committee, the campaign has tapped 11 to serve as chairpersons. The 11 leaders hail from Arizona, Indiana, Georgia, New Hampshire, Delaware, Texas, California, Virginia (two seats) and the District of Columbia (two seats). Of those key members only one — former Department of Justice spokeswoman Barbara Comstock of Virginia — is female.
When considering the whole list, females hold seven seats or 14 percent. Besides Comstock and Oltmans, the other women are:
Since Aglow International, the foremost women’s evangelical networking group, boasts 1,100 groups in the U.S. alone, it is doubtful the lack of women on Romney’s steering committee is representative of the lack of women in the specialized evangelical or overall faith community.
It appears Romney’s team has only organized a women’s leadership team in South Carolina, which has four members.
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