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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 Speaker of the U.S. House Newt Gingrich has officially thrown his hat into the presidential ring.
Gingrich, a Georgia resident, made the announcement Wednesday afternoon. He is the first GOP prospect to make a bid for the White House in 2012.
“I’m Newt Gingrich, and I’m announcing my candidacy for President of the United States because I believe we can return America to hope and opportunity, to full employment, to real security, to an American energy program, to a balanced budget,” he said in a video Wednesday.
Links to the announcement were also posted on the former Congressman’s official Facebook page.
Gingrich is scheduled to appear as a guest on FOX commentator Sean Hannity’s television show at 8 p.m. tonight.
Fellow Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said he will decide on his own White House bid this week.
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