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Republicans in Congress face a tight schedule before midterm elections to address voter concerns with legislation like the Ratepayer Protection Act and the crypto market structure bill, while also considering bipartisan measures such as the Protect College Sports Act. The Senate is likely to prioritize the college sports bill, which has support from both parties but may consume significant time due to potential amendments, leaving less room for other initiatives. Meanwhile, House Republicans plan to vote on environmental disapproval resolutions and a bill targeting Russia's trading partners, though it faces opposition from some Democrats.
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Congress returned from its August recess with just four voting days left in the House and slightly more time in the Senate before members leave to campaign ahead of the November midterm elections. This short session means little legislation of broad national consequence is expected to pass, leaving unresolved issues such as immigration, healthcare costs, and Social Security reform for future sessions or administrations.
Lawmakers are focusing on passing messaging bills they can use during their campaigns rather than addressing urgent legislative priorities like AI regulation, data center power costs, and military funding. The House will vote on the Ratepayer Protection Act to require tech companies to pay for infrastructure needed to construct data centers, which could help vulnerable incumbents address voter concerns about rising energy costs tied to these facilities.
Meanwhile, the Senate plans to take up bills related to cryptocurrency market structure and college sports reforms. However, these efforts may be delayed due to ongoing disputes over ethics rules governing former President Donald Trump and his family's influence on legislation. Additionally, the House faces time-sensitive issues like annual defense policy bill reauthorization, warrantless surveillance program extensions, and farm bill renewals that will likely need to wait until after the elections.
Republican Thomas Massie introduced a resolution on Tuesday calling for Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's impeachment over his handling of military actions in Iran, arguing it constitutes "high crimes and misdemeanors" as Congress never formally declared war in the region. This procedural move forces an immediate vote without going through committee review, reflecting internal party tensions amid Trump-era policies and candidates' election-year maneuvering.
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Some Republicans are hoping they can address voters’ affordability concerns before the election — potentially by passing a data center power bill to demonstrate the party is listening to souring popular sentiment surrounding AI infrastructure.
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party → hop → infrastructure
The House is set to take up the bill, called the Ratepayer Protection Act, this week, which will help vulnerable incumbents answer voters’ concerns about data centers.
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incumbents → set → centers
If the Senate takes it up, the bill would help endangered Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio.
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bill → take → Husted
But the body has other priorities: The Senate is scheduled to take up the crypto market structure bill and a huge bipartisan college sports bill as soon as this week.
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Senate → have → week
There’s a faction of Republicans who’d rather concentrate on deregulatory rollbacks and addressing AI’s impact on utility bills; Republicans will try and sort it out this week in party meetings.
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Republicans → ’ → meetings
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Most Senate denizens expect Tuesday’s crypto bill to fail given the standoff over new ethics rules governing President Donald Trump and his family.
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bill → know → Trump
The Protect College Sports Act has better prospects and could receive a vote as early as this week.
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Act → have → week
Members of both parties are optimistic about the college sports bill despite Democrats’ filibuster leverage, and one of the bill’s wealthy benefactors is trying to make sure it stays front and center.
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it → try → benefactors
Saving College Sports, a group founded by Texas Tech University System Board of Regents Chair Cody Campbell, is spending an additional $300,000 on ads between Monday and Tuesday on programs watched closely by lawmakers, including on Fox News, MS NOW and CNN, according to a person familiar with the plans.
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Sports → found → plans
If the bill advances on the Senate floor, it could take a significant amount of time to process — especially if there’s a protracted amendment fight.
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it → advance → time
That would threaten to eat into the limited three-week work session before the midterm elections, limiting other legislative action; Senate Republicans also wanted to confirm Trump’s judicial nominees and Keith Sonderling, his new pick for Labor secretary.
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Republicans → threaten → secretary
Senate Republicans are also coordinating with the House about deregulatory rollbacks they might be able to accomplish this month.
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they → coordinate → rollbacks
The House is scheduled to take up two California environmental disapproval resolutions this week — members’ last week in town before they break ahead of the midterms.
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they → schedule → midterms
By taking the lead on the data center power bill, House Republicans could provide some political cover for that bill’s sponsor, purple-district Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo.
The House is also set to vote on a Senate-passed bill named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., that would ratchet up pressure on Russia by penalizing its trading partners, though many House Democrats are expected to oppose it because of concerns about handing over more tariff authority to Trump.
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