In a win for those who champion equal treatment under the law, a controversial bill aimed at giving data centers special exemptions from environmental regulations has been pulled from consideration, per Politico, This happened after several leaders including Kentucky’s libertarian-leaning Representative Thomas Massie, voiced their discomfort over the issue.
Massie, known for consistently opposing corporate carve-outs and special-interest legislation, initially posted on X about the upcoming Judiciary Committee vote on HR 8037. He made it crystal clear he’d be voting “No” because, as he put it, “no industry deserves special treatment under the law. If the regulations are too onerous, repeal them for everyone.” This is classic Massie, always fighting against bills that seem to pick winners and losers in the corporate world.
