尽管民主党人表示该法案无法有效解决能源消耗问题，共和党人仍支持该立法。
周三，参议院民主党人阻止了旨在减轻数据中心对消费者电费影响的法案的通过，称这是为应对11月中期选举而做出的“无力”的尝试。
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, calling it a “toothless” attempt to address a top voter concern ahead of November’s midterm elections.
《费率保护法案》以57票对43票的结果未能通过，未能获得共和党控制的参议院所需的60票支持。
The Ratepayer Protection Act failed by a 57 to 43 vote, falling just shy of the 60 votes necessary to advance through the Republican-controlled chamber.
四位民主党人——新罕布什尔州的玛吉·哈桑、明尼苏达州的艾米·克洛布彻以及佐治亚州的乔恩·奥索夫和拉斐尔·沃诺克——与共和党人一起支持了这项措施。
Four Democrats – Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and both Georgia senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock – joined Republicans in support of the measure.