Farm bill passes 68–52? Washington Post's math doesn't add up

Either some Democrats voted twice, or the Washington Post made a boo boo in its coverage of the farm bill vote.

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/430795727208325120

Ummm? Probably not. RT @washingtonpost: UPDATE: Senate passes farm bill 68 to 52 http://t.co/mtz4HKJ7FP

— Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) February 4, 2014

Ummm…. RT @washingtonpost: UPDATE: Senate passes farm bill 68 to 52 http://t.co/QPoDu2e3Fb

— ButTimKrepp (@timkrepp) February 4, 2014

https://twitter.com/ScottGenzink/status/430796029177634816

https://twitter.com/postscript01/status/430796159813046272

When did we get 120 senators? “@washingtonpost: UPDATE: Senate passes farm bill 68 to 52 http://t.co/J6pPY2Snne”

— Joel Mendelson (@JPMendelson) February 4, 2014

I don't remember much from high school, but I thought there are 100 Senators. RT @washingtonpost UPDATE: Senate passes farm bill 68 to 52

— Sean's Ramblings (@seansramblings) February 4, 2014

Um…#twittermath RT @washingtonpost: UPDATE: Senate passes farm bill 68 to 52 http://t.co/b9QeuMDHvO

— cuz dats my bizness. like so like that (@ArykanotErika) February 4, 2014

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Looks like it was just a simple typo, as the Farm Bill did pass, 68–32. This, however, wasn’t a typo:

CORRECTION: This tweet was wrong so we deleted it. CBO didn't say ACA would cut 2M jobs. It's about workers, not jobs pic.twitter.com/iAtq0cyIdQ

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 4, 2014

Um…

https://twitter.com/JohnGort/status/430797387209388033

@washingtonpost LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

— acitrep (@acitrep) February 4, 2014

@washingtonpost: Ohhhhhh much better. =|

— Evan Nolan (@Evan_Nolan) February 4, 2014

https://twitter.com/briarwoodsman/status/430798112894902272