"Oil Lobby: Iowa Politics Behind Obama's Ethanol Moves"

"Prominent oil lobby the American Petroleum Institute (API) said the Obama administration will likely boost the amount of biofuels refiners must blend into the nation's fuel supply to help out a Democrat in a tight Senate race.

Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley is running against Republican Joni Ernst for the open Senate seat left by retiring Sen. Tom Harkin (D) in Iowa, and the two are neck and neck. "

If the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ups the levels of ethanol and other biofuels it requires refiners to blend in its final 2014 rule, it may be enough to push Braley ahead in the race, the oil lobby said."

Laura Barron-Lopez reports for The Hill September 11, 2014.

SEE ALSO:

"EPA Faces '14 Accusations on Ethanol" (The Hill)

"Renewable Fuels Standard Spurred Ethanol Breakthroughs" (Des Moines Register)

Source: The Hill, 09/15/2014