GOP ND Senate candidate Berg slammed on farm bill

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Senate Democratic candidate Heidi Heitkamp says GOP rival Rick Berg hasn't been able to budge fellow Republicans to support a new farm bill.

Berg and Heitkamp debated agriculture, Medicare and energy Monday. The debate was recorded for later broadcast on Prairie Public's television and radio networks.

The current federal farm bill expired last month, and Congress hasn't been able to agree on a new one. Heitkamp says Berg has promised to break the deadlock, but she says Berg hasn't gotten it done.

Berg says he's got assurances from House Republican leaders there will be a vote on the farm bill before year's end.

He says he's done what he can to push the issue, and he says it's not unusual for long-term farm legislation to get delayed.

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