Elizabeth Warren
U.S. Senator (D-MA); Ranking Member, Senate Banking Committee
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Senate Banking Committee Advances Warsh for Fed Chair in First Fully Partisan Vote
Kevin Warsh cleared the Senate Banking Committee 13-11 on April 29 after a contentious hearing where he pledged a regime change in monetary policy and declined to disclose the underlying holdings of more than $100 million in investments, some of which include stakes in regulated banks.
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Nobody Knows How Much Electricity Data Centers Use. The Federal Government Is Finally Asking.
The EIA is surveying 196 companies across three states in the first federal attempt to directly measure data center electricity consumption. Bipartisan Senate pressure is pushing to make the surveys mandatory nationwide.