Here is the part that makes you stop and scratch your head. The House just passed a bill to make tech companies pay for their own power usage. The vote count was a staggering 417 to 3. That is not a whisper of support. It is a roar. Yet on Wednesday, the Senate shut the door on this exact measure. Senate Democrats blocked the Ratepayer Protection Act in a procedural vote, 57-43. They stopped a fix that would lower your electric bill. They stopped a fix that had support from both parties.
The bill would force the giant data centers building everywhere to cover their utility costs. Right now, those costs often fall on regular families. The legislation passed the House with help from Democrats like Kathy Castor. It had backing from Republicans like Gabe Evans. Per Townhall, the bill was blocked even after Senate sponsor Jon Husted sought to pass it by unanimous consent. Sen. Martin Heinrich stepped in to stop it cold.
Why would anyone block a bill that saves money for voters? Schumer calls the bill a fraud. According to Daily Wire, he claimed the legislation lacks teeth because it does not force companies to comply. He said, “It’s voluntary. Not a single company has to comply with it.”
But look at the other bills they stopped. They also blocked the Stop Insider Trading Act. This one would stop Congress members and their families from buying new stocks. It passed the House with 13 Democrats voting yes. Per Daily Wire, Senate Democrats killed it in part because of a voter ID measure included in the package. Sen.
The irony is thick enough to cut with a knife. Democrats are running on a message of affordability for the upcoming election. They say they want to help your family budget. Yet they are blocking the very bills that would lower energy costs. Senate Majority Leader John Thune pointed this out to Fox News. He remarked to them that the current situation involves playing politics with every issue to reach the election.
Thune added that the other party seems unable to accept a yes. He stated that the party appears to be one of refusal, unable to accept yes, seeking only to politicize all matters leading to the election. He noted that blocking these bills makes it hard for Democrats to argue they care about costs. “Well, it makes it pretty hard for Democrats to make that argument,” Thune said. Per Fox News, Democrats do not believe blocking the bill hurts their message because they claim the law is toothless anyway.
