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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.
Sen. John McCain was in Gladbrook, Iowa, Sunday evening campaigning at a house party. He spoke on the lawn at the home of Lynn and Claire Handorf and then took questions from the audience and press.
Regarding last week’s Polk County ruling that allowed at least one gay couple to marry in Des Moines, McCain said, “Smart people tell me that that decision will be reversed by a higher court.”
The Arizona presidential candidate is in Iowa for a two-day campaign tour.
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