Senate vote preview Fox names two bills

Sep 25

Fox’s Chad Pergram previews a test vote on data-center costs and a bill banning congressional stock trading that also mandates voter identification. The brief describes Republican plans before the midterms, without reporting either measure passed.

Fox reports that Republicans plan to keep the Senate in session the following week to press the Ratepayer Protection Act and put Democrats on record before the midterms. The broadcast explains the earlier House vote and Democratic objection, and airs Democratic arguments that the bill is voluntary and insufficient. A future vote and consumer savings are not yet established. Fox's September 28 Capitol Hill update says a test vote on data-center costs is expected that week. It places the vote alongside a separate congressional stock-trading and voter-ID measure in the pre-midterm agenda, but announces no result or consumer savings.