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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.
The federal government sued Arizona this week for its recently passed immigration law, a seeming deterrent to other states looking to try the same thing. But the feds’ action isn’t stopping supporters of the legislation from pushing to pass it in their states, the Washington Post reports.
South Carolina, Utah and Oklahoma are viewed as the most likely to pass similar legislation when their legislatures convene in 2011, according to the paper.
The Post reports that:
Lawmakers in Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah, which have already taken steps against illegal immigration, say that Arizona-style measures have a realistic chance of passing when their legislatures reconvene in 2011.
Those states already have passed strict measures to combat illegal immigration, and an Arizona-style law would have momentum. If that happens, we could have more showdowns between the federal government and states, along with more pressure for Congress to address the issue.
In Iowa, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Terry Branstad has said he does not favor passing a law in the Hawkeye State similar to Arizona’s.
“We’re not Arizona. We’re not a border state,” Branstad said in on of three GOP primary debates. “We ought to do something that fits the needs of our state, Iowa.”
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