“Senate Democrats closed the door Thursday to any significant data center legislation passing Congress before the midterms,” Punchbowl News reports.“By blocking Sen. Jon Husted’s (R-OH) unanimous consent request to pass the Ratepayer Protection Act, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) all but ensured lawmakers will go home without acting on an issue worrying a lot of voters.”“This was a tricky situation for Democrats. They could risk looking bad for blocking a proposal that nearly every House Democrat voted for Wednesday. Or, they could hand Husted a win on the defining issue of his reelection fight against former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH).”“Democrats chose the former, although they deny it has anything to do with politics.”