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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 campaign for Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has hit the Iowa airwaves, once again touting the candidate’s Iowa roots.
The ad, which begins by unceremoniously unveiling a new campaign slogan identifying Bachmann as a candidate that can unite voters, features Bachmann discussing her Iowa heritage.
“As a descendant of generations of Iowans, I was born and raised in Waterloo,” Bachmann says as an opening, before describing herself as a mother of five, foster parent, former tax lawyer and “now a small business job creator.”
She adds that voted against the “wasteful bailout … against the stimulus” and that she will not vote to increase the debt ceiling.
The campaign has not yet released details regarding the ad buy, but has stated that the ad began airing in Iowa Thursday.
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