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Senate Democrats sink 'toothless' stock trading ban, data center bill in last act before election recess
Two separate proposals to ban member stock trading while in office and address data center-related utility costs failed Wednesday amid Democratic opposition.
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Most outlets converge on the Senate Democrats blocking a GOP-backed data center bill that was framed as addressing consumer electricity costs, and several also use the word “toothless” from Democratic criticism. CBS News, NBC News, The Hill, and The Guardian all foreground the data center angle, while CNBC and the New York Times split the coverage by pairing or contrasting it with a separate stock-trading bill. The Hill is the only outlet here to mention a live-updates format and to tie the vote to a broader Senate vote sequence.
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