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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.
Gov. Terry Branstad says the Republican candidate in a Nov. 8 Iowa Senate special election faces “an uphill battle” and cautioned that special elections “are not much an indicator” for the mood of the electorate as whole.
Poll results released late Sunday evening show Democrat Liz Mathis holding a six-point lead over Republican Cindy Golding in Tuesday’s special election for Iowa Senate District 18.
Iowa Senate District 18 Democratic candidate Liz Mathis raked in $64,306 between Oct. 15 and Nov. 1 and took in-kind contributions worth $269,898, outraising Republican Cindy Golding.
Rick Santorum took a special exception to the judicial branch during a policy speech Friday in Urbandale, and advocated for the elimination of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and amending the U.S. Constitution to overturn Roe and ban gay marriage.
URBANDALE — If elected as president, Rick Santorum pledged Friday to implement many social conservative policies and roll-back changes that such Americans find objectionable.
Cindy Golding, the Republican candidate in a special election for Senate District 18, raised $42,038 from Oct. 15 to Nov. 1 and took in-kind contributions totaling $94,061.
The Washington, D.C. based National Organization for Marriage has proven it has no qualms about spending thousands in Iowa’s Senate District 18 to stir the pot on gay marriage. The group also appears to have no qualms about assigning its own talking points to Republican candidate Cindy Golding.
A report released this week shows that the National Organization for Marriage was one of the top political spenders in the Iowa 2010 election cycle. It’s a push for influence that hasn’t stopped.
Steve King and Michele Bachmann were among the signers of a letter to the U.S. Senate that urged the chamber to pass a National Defense Authorization Act amendment that would prohibit gay members of the armed forces from using military facilities for marriage ceremonies.
The National Organization for Marriage continues to make independent expenditures on behalf of Republican Cindy Golding in a special election race for the Iowa Senate.
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