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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.
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign picked up two more endorsements today. He received support from State Sens. Bill Heckroth and Tom Rielly.
Rielly’s endorsement was made in a campaign stop last week.
Heckroth hails from Waverly, and Rielly hails from Oskaloosa.
Today’s endorsements mark the fourth and fifth legislator endorsements for Obama. Heckroth and Rielly join fellow senator Bob Dvorsky and Reps. Elesha Gayman and Tyler Olson in supporting Obama.
Other legislative endorsements are listed below:DEMOCRAT JOE BIDEN: State Reps. Lisa Heddens of Ames, Mike Reasoner of Creston, Dick Taylor of Cedar Rapids and Jim Lykam of Davenport and state Sen. Joe Seng of Davenport.
DEMOCRAT HILLARY CLINTON: State Sens. Staci Appel of Ackworth, Black of Grinnell, Dick Dearden of Des Moines, Bill Dotzler of Waterloo, Gene Fraise of Fort Madison, Wally Horn of Cedar Rapids, Becky Schmitz of Fairfield, and Roger Stewart of Preston. state Reps. Mark Kuhn of Charles City, Vicki Lensing of Iowa City, Mary Mascher of Iowa City, Roger Wendt of Sioux City, Cindy Winckler of Davenport and Paul Bell of Newton.
DEMOCRAT JOHN EDWARDS: Rep. Kurt Swaim of Bloomfield.
REPUBLICAN RUDY GIULIANI: State sens. Mary Lundby of Marion, Jeff Angelo of Creston and Thurman Gaskill of Corwith.
REPUBLICAN SAM BROWNBACK: State Sen. Mark Zieman of Postville.
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