Exclusive — Bernie Moreno: Democrats Blocked Jon Husted’s Data Center Bill to Lower Electricity Costs, but Media Won’t Cover
Moreno accused Democrats of blocking a bill he said would keep data centers from raising local electricity prices.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYBreitbart is a highly partisan outlet, and this article gives extensive space to one senator’s account without including a response from the bill’s opponents. It identifies the reporter and attributes the central claims to Moreno and the roundtable participants.
- Source type — Opinion-oriented, strongly partisan publisher; lowers confidence in institutional neutrality.
- Editorial standards — The article attributes opinions and quotations, but provides little independent verification or opposing perspective.
- Author attribution — A named reporter is identified.
The article supplies vote tallies and direct quotations, but relies mainly on Moreno’s account and offers little independent context or response from Democrats who opposed advancing the bill.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article reports the vote and quotes Moreno at length, but gives no direct explanation from Democrats who opposed advancing the bill or independent assessment of its effects.
- Counterarguments presented — No opposing senator is quoted explaining the objection or vote.
- Source diversity — The account centers on Moreno and the Breitbart roundtable participants.
- Loaded language — The framing features Moreno’s highly charged claims about Democrats and media coverage.
- Omitted context — The article does not provide an independent account of the bill’s provisions or opponents’ reasons for objecting.
The article’s framing and headline foreground Moreno’s accusations against Democrats and the media, while presenting the bill favorably and offering no opposing account.
- Headline — The headline adopts Moreno’s claim that Democrats blocked a bill to lower electricity costs and that media will not cover it.
- Language tone — The article prominently repeats Moreno’s claims that Democrats act to retain power and are harming the country.
- Source selection — Moreno and other roundtable speakers provide the article’s main perspective; opposing senators are not quoted.
Sen. Bernie Moreno accused Democrats of blocking Sen. Jon Husted’s Ratepayer Protection Act, which would require data centers to produce their own power. The Senate procedural vote fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance debate, while the House version passed 417-3.
Moreno made the accusations during a Breitbart News roundtable, saying Democrats blocked Husted’s bill and that media coverage was unfair. The Senate procedural vote was 57-43, short of the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster and open debate. The article says the House version passed 417-3.
Moreno described the bill as requiring data centers to produce their own power so they would not raise local residents’ electricity prices. He said four Democratic senators supported the bill.
Community verdict
4 VOTES- Readers of left-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: 67% good look
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