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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.
Democrats on Tuesday might not reach the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster for the DISCLOSE Act, but they’re getting awfully close.
A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., just confirmed to Politico’s Ben Smith that while he will miss the vote Tuesday, he has promised Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., that he will vote in favor of cloture if the bill comes up for a vote again — a scenario that appears increasingly likely.
Meanwhile, Greg Sargent reports that U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., long speculated to be wavering on the issue, is also a yes on cloture.
The DISCLOSE Act aims to increase transparency of corporate political involvement in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizen United decision. The latest development leaves the bill, and Senate Democrats, in a familiar position — stuck at 59 votes, one shy of breaking a Republican filibuster and opening debate.
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