WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are launching two ads in North Dakota criticizing Republican Rep. Rick Berg over the stalled farm bill.
Berg is locked in a close race with Democrat Heidi Heitkamp for the open seat.
Democrats have criticized House Republicans over Congress' failure to finish the bill before lawmakers recessed last weekend. The Senate passed a five-year farm bill in June with strong bipartisan support. The House Agriculture Committee finished a separate version in July, but no action was taken as GOP leaders wanted to avoid a pre-election fight over food stamps, a dominant element of the bill.
North Dakota residents praise Heitkamp and criticize Berg in the ads. The ads show newspaper headlines about the stalled bill and House votes superimposed on water towers and the side of a barn.
