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  "path": "/2026/05/23/repub/data-center-battles-started-in-the-states-now-its-congress-under-siege/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-23T04:05:11.000Z",
  "site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
  "tags": [
    "DC Bureau",
    "Politics & Law",
    "Working & The Economy",
    "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez",
    "August Pfluger",
    "Bernie Sanders",
    "Congressional Research Service",
    "Cy McNeill",
    "Data Center Coalition",
    "Fair Allocation of Interstate Rates Act",
    "FERC",
    "Gary Palmer",
    "Greg Landsman",
    "Guaranteeing Rate Insulation from Data Centers",
    "Jenn McClellan",
    "Julie Fedorchak",
    "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory",
    "Mike Levin",
    "OpenSecrets",
    "Paul Tonko",
    "Power for the People Act",
    "Sean Casten"
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON — Higher electric rates? Massive data centers looming over neighborhoods? Ugly political fights over what to do about them? The future of data centers and their huge appetite for electricity is quickly escalating as a political flashpoint from coast to coast, moving from cities and states now to the nation’s capital. Bills are under […]",
  "title": "Data center battles started in the states. Now it’s Congress under siege."
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