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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 Iowa video blogger covering the Democratic National Convention for YouTube says Hillary Clinton’s Tuesday prime-time speech served as a perfect follow-up to the one delivered by Michelle Obama the night before.
Rich Peters called the speeches a powerful “one-two punch†for Democrats. With access to the Pepsi Center in Denver, site of the convention, Peters talked to dozens of female party activists throughout the day Tuesday, looking for someone to express the widely reported anger and disunity associated with the Democratic nomination fight between former First Lady and U.S. senator Clinton of New York and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois.
“I couldn’t find a single one,†Peters said.
Peters said the crowd Tuesday appeared pleased that Clinton was taking the fight to U.S. John McCain, R-Ariz., the Republican presidential candidate.
Clinton had several well-timed barbs aimed at McCain.
“It makes sense that George Bush and John McCain will be together next week in the Twin Cities, because these days they’re awfully hard to tell apart,†she said, referencing the Minnesota site of the GOP convention next week.
“I thought, no way was she going to be that aggressive,†Peters said.
Peters is a supporter of Obama who earned entry to the Democratic National Convention by winning a video contest sponsored by the party and Internet giants Google and YouTube.
His winning video is expected to be shown sometime this week at the convention. Peters has posted a number of political videos on YouTube.
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