Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) scheduled Wednesday votes on the House-passed Ratepayer Protection Act and Stop Insider Trading Act, seeking to help vulnerable Republican senators Jon Husted of Ohio, Pete Ricketts of Nebraska and Dan Sullivan of Alaska. Democrats plan to oppose both bills, arguing they were weakened and leave significant loopholes. The Ratepayer Protection Act, sponsored by Husted, would ask states to consider requiring data centers with large energy demands to pay infrastructure-upgrade costs, but would not mandate adoption. The Stop Insider Trading Act, sponsored by Ricketts, would generally bar members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from buying new stocks and require notice before existing stocks are sold, while allowing members to retain and sell current holdings and trade privately held companies. It also includes a photo-identification provision tied to President Donald Trump's SAVE America Act. The votes have become campaign issues in competitive November races that could determine whether Thune remains majority leader in 2027.