Senate expected to vote on stock trading ban, data center bill before election recess

Senator Jon Husted, a Republican from Ohio, speaks during a roundtable on a ratepayer protection pledge in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Bonnie Cash | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSenate 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.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.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.Senate Minority Leader Chuck ...