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Senate Fast-Track Vote on Data Center Ratepayer Bill Blocked
Husted’s Senate effort to advance the Ratepayer Protection Act was blocked by Heinrich, who argued for stronger protections against data-center energy costs. Coverage diverges over whether states should only consider cost-sharing rules or be required to impose them.
Lead article · CNBC · CENTERBill to curb AI data center utility costs hits snag in SenateOUTLETSOUTLETS
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ARTICLESARTICLES
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SPANCOVERAGE SPAN
61HOURSHOURS
AVG CREDAVG CRED
74HIGHHIGH
The sides
How each side told it
OUTLETS BY LEAN5 RATED · 2 UNRATED
WHO’S NAMED
THE FRAME11% · AVG CRED 61
“Demanding stronger data center rules”
People · 2 MEMBERS
Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them
Heinrich and Husted were named together by 6 of 7 outlets. Counted by outlet.
GOODMIXEDNEUTRALBADCOUNTED BY OUTLET
D · NM · ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES RANKING MEMBER
Blocked the fast-track bill and sought a stronger alternative requiring data-center operators to pay for grid upgrades.
NAMED BY 7 OF 7
LEFT
◆ MIXED1 OF 1 OUTLETLeft-leaning outlets: mixed, 1 of 1 outlet.
CENTER
◆ MIXED4 OF 4 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mixed, 4 of 4 outlets.
RIGHT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
R · OH · SENATOR
Sponsored the Ratepayer Protection Act and sought to advance it in the Senate, saying he would continue pursuing protections for electricity customers.
NAMED BY 6 OF 7
LEFT
NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
◇ SPLITACROSS 4 OUTLETSCenter outlets: split across 4 outlets (2 good · 2 mixed).
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NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
The record
What Congress actually did
FACTS FROM THE HOUSE RECORD AND CONGRESS.GOV, NOT FROM COVERAGE
FACTS FROM THE HOUSE RECORD AND CONGRESS.GOV, NOT FROM COVERAGE
Ratepayer Protection Act
QUESTION · ON MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS, AS AMENDED · H.R. 9340
PASSED417–312 NOT VOTING
280 NEEDED · 2/3
417 YEA · 137 TO SPARE3 NAY
DEMDemocrats206 Y · 3 N · 5 NV206 YEA · 3 NAY · 5 NV
REPRepublicans210 Y · 0 N · 7 NV210 YEA · 0 NAY · 7 NV
INDIndependents1 Y · 0 N · 0 NV1 YEA · 0 NAY · 0 NV
EACH REPRESENTATIVEHOW EACH REPRESENTATIVE VOTED YEA NAY NVNOT VOTING
D + I · 215DEMOCRATS + INDEPENDENTS · 215
R · 217REPUBLICANS · 217
THE BILL · H.R. 9340BILL PAGE →
Ratepayer Protection Act
Big data and computing facilities could be required to cover the added power-system upgrades they need. H.R. 9340 has passed the House but is not law.
Gabe EvansR · CO-8SPONSOR
- IntroducedJUN 18 · HOUSE
- Passed HouseTHIS STORYSEP 16 · 417–3
- Senate passage
- Signed into law
Timeline · 61 HOURS
When each side picked it up
ARTICLES PER 12 HOURS · VOTE WED 6:53 PM
LEFTCENTERRIGHTRIGHT: NO COVERAGE YETRIGHT: NO COVERAGE YET
When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 1 article, first fri 11:47 am, 55 hours after the first report. center: 6 articles, first wed 4:45 am. unrated: 2 articles, first fri 6:10 am.
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