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华盛顿讯 —— 参议院民主党人周三否决了共和党人推动的一项法案，该法案旨在保护美国人免受数据中心相关能源成本的影响。尽管该法案本月早些时候在众议院获得了广泛两党支持。
此次投票结果为57票反对、43票支持，除四名民主党议员外，其余民主党议员均投下反对票：来自新罕布什尔州的玛吉·哈桑参议员、明尼苏达州的艾米·克洛布查尔参议员，以及佐治亚州的乔恩·奥索夫和拉斐尔·沃诺克参议员。反对者认为，该法案将使针对美国人的保护措施“形同虚设”。
“当美国民众要求对人工智能和数据中心实施真正的监管时，共和党人却拿出了一份毫无实质内容的宣传性法案，”参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默说道，“我们需要针对数据中心采取切实行动，而共和党人突然决定推动的是什么样的法案？一份完全可选的法案。”
此次投票结果让共和党人在中期选举仅剩数周之际错失了一场立法胜利。全美各地的选民对数据中心建设的反对声越来越高，而数据中心正是支撑人工智能热潮所需的计算能力的载体。但共和党人表示，此次投票将迫使民主党人就这个近几个月来关注度不断上升的问题公开表态。
这项名为《用户保护法案》的法案旨在将数据中心所需的新能源基础设施成本转嫁给企业，而非转嫁到消费者身上。但该法案仅要求州公用事业监管机构考虑制定相关标准，让企业承担相关成本，参议院民主党人认为这远远不够。
该法案本月早些时候以417票赞成、3票反对的结果在众议院获得通过。
当被问及众议院民主党人支持该法案，而参议院民主党人为何立场不同时，舒默表示：“我们不会为虚假法案投票。”
舒默强调，该法案建立的是一个自愿性体系，他说：“没有任何一家企业必须遵守这项法案。”他指出，如果共和党人想要真正的解决方案，包括牵头推动该法案的共和党参议员乔恩·赫斯特德在内，他们应该采纳他的一位民主党同事提出的“真正有约束力”的法案。
“他们想要的是可选方案，这等于零，”舒默说，“我们想要的是强制性的措施。”
赫斯特德正在俄亥俄州参与一场竞争激烈的参议院席位竞选，对手是前参议员谢罗德·布朗，他此前对数据中心的支持立场也引发了审查。参议院共和党竞选委员会上月在一份备忘录中警告称，数据中心问题是“挂在赫斯特德脖子上的沉重包袱”。
本月早些时候，赫斯特德试图通过一致同意程序通过该法案，该程序允许任何一名议员否决法案通过。但参议院能源与自然资源委员会首席民主党议员、新墨西哥州参议员马丁·海因里希提议，参议院转而通过他自己提出的法案，他称该法案“正是我们开始降低能源价格所需要的”。俄亥俄州的另一名参议员反对海因里希的法案。
周三的投票举行之际，参议员们正准备本周离开华盛顿，投身竞选活动。参议院共和党人将此次投票与一项限制国会议员股票交易的法案捆绑提交，民主党同样否决了这项交易限制法案。
在数据中心法案投票前的参议院 floor 发言中，海因里希表示：“这不过是选举前夕的一场政治作秀。”
“国会需要通过一项真正有约束力的法律，”他补充道。
Senate Democrats block House-passed data center bill aimed at addressing energy costs
2026-09-30T13:46:00-0400 / CBS News
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Updated on: September 30, 2026 / 1:51 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a GOP-led effort to advance a bill aimed at shielding Americans from energy costs attributed to data centers, despite the bill securing widespread bipartisan support in the House earlier this month.
In a 57 to 43 vote, all but four Democrats — Sens. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia — opposed the measure, arguing that the bill would make the protections for Americans “optional.”
“While Americans are demanding real guardrails on AI and data centers, Republicans are offering a toothless messaging bill,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said. “We need real action on data centers, and what do Republicans decide all of a sudden to push forward? A bill that is totally optional.”
The outcome denies Republicans a legislative victory just weeks before the midterm elections. Voters across the U.S. have become increasingly opposed to the construction of data centers, which provide the computing power needed to fuel the AI boom. But Republicans argued that the vote would put Democrats on the record on the issue that has gained traction in recent months.
The bill, titled the Ratepayer Protection Act, seeks to put the costs of new energy infrastructure used for data centers on companies, rather than passing costs on to consumers. But it would only require state utility regulators to consider standards to hold companies responsible for the costs, which Senate Democrats argue doesn’t go far enough.
The measure passed the House earlier this month in a 417 to 3 vote.
Asked about House Democrats’ support for the measure, and why Senate Democrats aren’t on the same page, Schumer said “we don’t vote for frauds.”
Schumer stressed that the measure sets up a voluntary system, saying, “Not a single company has to comply with it.” He argued that if Republicans wanted a real solution, including GOP Sen. Jon Husted, who has led the push in the Senate, they should take up legislation put forward by one of his Democratic colleagues “that is real and has teeth.”
“They want it optional, which means zero,” Schumer said. “We want it mandatory.”
Husted is locked in a competitive Senate race in Ohio against former Sen. Sherrod Brown, and has faced scrutiny for his previous support for data centers. The Senate GOP campaign arm warned in a memo last month that more than anything else, the data center issue is the “anchor hanging around Husted’s neck.”
Earlier this month, Husted sought to approve the same bill under unanimous consent, which gives any single lawmaker the power to block its passage. But Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, the top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, proposed that the Senate instead pass his own bill that he said is “what is needed to start to bring down energy prices.” Ohio’s other senator objected to Heinrich’s bill.
Wednesday’s vote came as senators are preparing to leave town this week and hit the campaign trail. Senate Republicans teed up the vote alongside an effort to pass legislation to limit congressional stock trading, which Democrats also blocked.
Speaking on the floor ahead of the vote on the data center legislation, Heinrich said “this is nothing more than a messaging bill on the eve of an election.”
“Congress needs to pass a law with real teeth,” he added.
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