参议院共和党人或许能在2026年中期选举前，凭借一系列信息传播上的胜利返回各自选区，迫使民主党人在周三就旨在应对数据中心相关可负担性问题、并限制议员在任期间从股市获利的法案进行程序性投票。
Senate Republicans may be able to head back to their home states with a series of messaging wins ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, forcing Democrats to take procedural votes on Wednesday on bills that aim to address data center related affordability concerns and limit members' ability to profit on the stock market while in office.
鉴于民主党已表明反对立场，这两项法案都不太可能突破参议院60票的阻挠议事门槛。周三可能是参议院在长达一个多月的选举前休会期前的最后一个会期日。
Neither bill is likely to overcome the Senate's 60-vote filibuster threshold as Democrats signal opposition. Wednesday could be the Senate's last day in session before a more than month-long pre-election recess.
民主党人对《费率保护法案》提出强烈批评，该法案于本月初以417票对3票的压倒性优势在众议院获得通过。该法案将建立一个监管框架，供各州考虑采纳，要求大型人工智能数据中心自行承担其能源基础设施成本，而非将这些成本转嫁给用户。
Democrats have railed against the Ratepayer Protection Act which passed the House on a 417-3 vote earlier this month. It would establish a regulatory framework that states could consider adopting to require large artificial intelligence data centers to cover their own energy infrastructure costs, rather than passing them down to customers.
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默（Chuck Schumer）周二在参议院大厅的演讲中称该提案为“毫无约束力的信息法案”。
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer D-N.Y., called the proposal a "toothless messaging bill" in a speech on the floor on Tuesday. "The bill is a fraud.
舒默表示：“这项法案是欺诈。我可以用一个词来概括共和党数据中心法案的缺陷：可选。”
I can sum up the shortcomings of Republicans' data center bill with one word: optional," Schumer said.
卷入前美联储顾问约翰·罗杰斯（John Rogers）的中国间谍案内幕人工智能监管即将面临的障碍：反垄断鹰派特朗普扣留高达10亿美元的债券，这些债券与他能够施加影响的机构挂钩众议员詹姆斯·科默（James Comer）扩大对预测市场内幕交易的众议院调查新墨西哥州参议员马丁·海因里希（Martin Heinrich），作为参议院能源与自然资源委员会的民主党首席成员，在本月初阻止该法案时提出了类似的担忧，此前俄亥俄州共和党参议员乔恩·赫斯特（Jon Husted）曾请求一致同意以快速通过该法案。
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赫斯特正身处一场“势均力敌”的连任竞选，其对手是前民主党参议员谢罗德·布朗（Sherrod Brown）。布朗指责其对手在担任副州长期间协助将数据中心引入该州。
Jon Husted R-Ohio, requested unanimous consent for quick passage. Husted is in a " toss up " race for re-election against former Democratic Sen.
哈斯特德和其他共和党人不妨在数据中心议题上赢得一次宣传上的胜利。近几个月来，随着反对者寻求为开发商设置更严格的监管约束，数据中心已成为一个有力的竞选议题。
Sherrod Brown Brown has accused his opponent of helping to bring data centers to the state when he was lieutenant governor. Husted and other Republicans could use a messaging win on the data center front, which has evolved in recent months into a potent campaign issue as opponents seek stricter guardrails for developers.
第二项法案名为《制止内幕交易法案》，于7月以232票对198票在众议院获得通过，将禁止现任国会议员购买单只股票。但该法案不会迫使议员剥离其现有投资组合，这正是一些民主党人主张实施更严格交易禁令的症结所在。
A second bill, dubbed the Stop Insider Trading Act, passed the House in July on a 232-198 vote, and would prohibit sitting members of Congress from buying individual stocks. But it would not force members to divest their existing portfolios, a sticking point for some Democrats who have advocated a more stringent trading ban.
共和党人还在该法案中附加了一项颇具争议的选民身份验证条款，民主党人总体上对此表示反对。
Republicans also tacked on a controversial voter identification provision to the bill, which Democrats largely oppose.
舒默周二也批评了这项股票交易提案，称其是“一场表演性的闹剧”，并称选民身份验证条款是“毒药”。舒默说：“共和党人今天提出的法案是一部漏洞百出的立法，开了一个又一个漏洞。这对解决这一关键问题不仅毫无帮助，反而是一种倒退。”
Schumer similarly criticized the stock trading proposal on Tuesday, calling it a "theatrical farce" and the voter ID provision a "poison pill." "The bill Republicans are offering today is Swiss-cheese legislating, creating loophole after loophole after loophole. And it's a step backwards to solving this critical problem," Schumer said.
哈斯特德周二在一则帖文中称，这两项提案都是“符合常识的两党法案”。
Husted, in a post to on Tuesday, called both proposals "commonsense, bipartisan bills."
“降低能源成本、要求出示带照片的身份证件才能投票，以及禁止国会议员进行股票交易，都可能成为两党共赢的成果，”哈斯特德写道。“参议院民主党人是唯一阻碍我们实现美国人民诉求的人。”请在Google上将CNBC设为您首选的新闻来源，绝不错过商业新闻界最受信赖品牌的每一刻。
"Lowering energy costs, requiring photo ID to vote, and banning stock trading for members of Congress could be bipartisan wins," Husted wrote. "Senate Democrats are the only ones standing in the way of delivering what the American people have asked us to do." Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.