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Senate is set to vote on a stock-trading ban and data center bill before election recess

Neither bill is expected to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold, with Democrats signaling opposition to both measures

The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The Senate is scheduled to hold procedural votes Wednesday on two House-passed bills — one that would bar members of Congress from buying individual stocks and another that would create a regulatory framework for data center energy costs — in what could be the chamber's final session before a more than month-long pre-election recess.

Both measures are projected to fall short of the 60-vote threshold required to advance past a Senate filibuster, according to CNBC. Senate Democrats have signaled opposition to both........

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