Thune seeks lifeline for 3 embattled Senate GOP incumbents

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is scheduling votes on AI-driven data centers and congressional stock trading to support three embattled Republican senators. The move is intended to provide political assistance to incumbents in Ohio, Nebraska, and Alaska.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is seeking to throw a political lifeline to embattled Republican incumbent Sens. Jon Husted (Ohio), Pete Ricketts (Neb.) and Dan Sullivan (Alaska) by scheduling votes Wednesday on two bills that would address the growth of AI-driven data centers and stock trading by members of Congress. All three GOP senators...
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