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Senate Democrats block datacenter energy bill

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Republicans supported legislation although Democrats said it wouldn’t effectively address energy consumption Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked legislation intended to offset the impact of datacenters on consumer electricity bills, which has emerged as a top voter concern ahead of November’s midt

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CBS News and The Hill both foreground Senate Democrats blocking a stock-trading restriction bill, and both note Democratic objections that the measure did not go far enough. CBS News alone adds that the effort was Republican-led, that it was a House-passed bill, and that Democrats pushed back against a voter ID provision. The Hill alone identifies the sponsor as vulnerable GOP incumbent Pete Ricketts and frames the bill as barring lawmakers from buying new stocks of publicly traded companies.

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