华盛顿——参议院共和党人在最后时刻试图向选民展示他们正在努力控制高昂的生活成本，但相关立法未能通过。
民调显示，他们在11月中期选举中对参议院的控制权可能面临威胁。
WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans made a late push to show voters they were trying to rein in the high costs of living but the legislation failed to advance, as polls signal their control of the chamber could be in jeopardy in November’s midterm elections.
共和党提出的关于人工智能数据中心的法案周三被民主党否决，民主党称这是出于政治目的的无奈之举。目前也没有计划对暂停汽油税等问题进行投票。
The Republican bill related to artificial-intelligence data centers was blocked Wednesday by Democrats, who dismissed it as the product of a desperate political exercise, and no votes are planned on issues such as suspending the gas tax.
该人工智能法案的失败使共和党能够将民主党描绘成阻挠者，但同时也使他们失去了可以用于竞选的立法成果。
The AI measure’s failure allows Republicans to paint Democrats as obstructionists but deprives them of a legislative win to run on as they head home to campaign.