Iowa Travel
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2002
-Sen. Daschle campaigned with Sen. Tom Harkin during an October 28, 2002 visit to Iowa, doing rallies the University of Iowa in Iowa City and at Iowa State University in Ames. -Sen. Daschle visited Iowa on June 23, 2002 and did two events: the annual fundraising picnic for Gov. Tom Vilsack and Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson in Mt. Pleasant (Henry County-SE Iowa) and a fundraising barbeque for Sen. Tom Harkin in the Altoona area (10 miles east of Des Moines). 2001
More Iowa Activity -Ethanol politics is a factor in Iowa, and Daschle, as Senate Majority Leader, was a key player in the debate. In April 2002 the U.S. Senate considered the Energy Bill (Energy Policy Act of 2002, S.Amdt. 2917 to S.517). One provision of particular interest to Iowans was the ethanol mandate, or Renewable Fuels Standard, which would triple the use of ethanol over the next decade by requiring gasoline refiners to use ethanol in reformulating gas. Daschle strongly backed the Renewable Fuels Standard, arguing it would not only boost his state's ethanol industry, but benefit rural America and lessen America's dependence on foreign oil. (Critics said the ethanol mandate would cause gas prices to rise by at least 4 cent per gallon and would benefit just a handful of companies). Contributions by DASHPAC
5.4 percent of the PAC's contributions have gone
to Iowa candidates and committees.
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Copyright © 2002 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.