US Senate Blocks 2 Election-Year Bills as Data Center Measure Falls 57-43
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 30
US Senate Blocks 2 Election-Year Bills as Data Center Measure Falls 57-43
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 30
Summary
Two Senate votes Wednesday failed to clear the 60-vote threshold, leaving Republican bills on AI data center costs and lawmaker stock trading stalled before lawmakers leave to campaign.
The Ratepayer Protection Act lost 57-43 despite a handful of Democratic votes, while the Stop Insider Trading Act failed 53-47 on a party-line vote.
Democrats said both measures were bad-faith election plays: Chuck Schumer called the data center bill "a fraud," and the trading bill had already alienated Democrats by adding voter-ID provisions and only limiting new stock purchases.
The defeats leave both parties heading into the midterms with rhetoric rather than legislative wins on two voter-sensitive issues, as the Senate prepares for what are expected to be its last votes before the break.