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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.
Former Vice President Al Gore will be the keynote speaker at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Oct. 4 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, party chair Scott Brennan announced Tuesday.
“We are deeply honored that former Vice President Al Gore, our nation’s leading voice on combating the global climate crisis and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, will be the keynote speaker at our Jefferson Jackson Dinner,†Brennan said in a party press release. “I join Governor Chet Culver and Senator Tom Harkin in expressing gratitude to former Vice President Gore for accepting the invitation to speak at what will be our biggest event of the year. We are excited to welcome him back to Iowa.â€
The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner is traditionally the state party’s largest fundraising event. Last year, the six major presidential candidates all attended, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and all the state’s top elected officials.
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