The farm bill was bipartisan as it came out of the house
OverstatedAshley Hinson, at Iowa U.S. Senate General Election Debate
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Why we checked itSpecific claim about the bipartisan nature of the farm bill's passage in the House — verifiable by checking the vote record
What we foundThe farm bill did receive some Democratic votes in the House Agriculture Committee (4 out of 25 Democrats), technically making it bipartisan in a narrow sense, but multiple credible sources characterized the vote as largely partisan, and the bill never passed the full House.