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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.
In a piece in the Sioux City Journal, former Democratic Congressman Berkley Bedell not surprisingly endorses his party’s candidate, Rob Hubler of Council Bluffs, in a race against U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron. But he adds some points about partisan politics and a lack of a team approach from King affecting the district in Bedell’s view. It’s been a while since Bedell represented western Iowa (1987), but he is far from unknown among the district’s older voters. Here’s part of Bedell’s piece:
Our congressman, Mr. King, may be a fine gentleman, but he and I do not agree with how a congressman should represent the people. It breaks my heart that the team effort I felt existed when I was in Congress does not appear to me to exist here today.
It will surprise no one that as a Democrat I am supporting King’s opponent, Rob Hubler, but I do it for more than just party politics. I do it because I would like to see this district returned to where we work together as a team again, discuss any differences, and not fight with each other as to what is in the press.
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