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Democrats block data center bill in Senate
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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The outlets mostly converge on Senate Democrats blocking a Republican-backed bill tied to data centers and higher utility costs, with several extracts also noting Democratic criticism that the measure was “toothless.” The Hill and CBS News complicate the grouping by publishing headlines about stock trading bills, and CBS’s first item explicitly says the effort was also linked to a voter ID provision. CNBC uniquely pairs the data center item with a stock-trading ban, while PBS NewsHour only points readers to a live news conference after the Senate rejection.
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