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Hawley Pushes National Data Center Moratorium A Week After Midterm Shellacking

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Source: The Daily Caller

Published November 12, 2026

Simon August Energy Reporter November 12, 2026 2:04 PM ET November 12, 2026 2:04 PM ET Simon August Energy Reporter Font Size: Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is pushing for a nationwide data center moratorium a week after his party’s midterm drubbing.Hawley listed a moratorium on data centers among five things he wants Senate Republicans to get done over the next six weeks, he wrote on X on Wednesday. He is the first Republican senator to back a nationwide moratorium, The Hill reported.The senator wants the federal moratorium to last until Congress passes protections that guarantee taxpayers no rate increases, a Hawley spokesperson said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.“Senate Republicans trying to figure out what to do in the next 6 weeks?” Hawley asked in the post.The rest of his list called for defunding Planned Parenthood, suspending the gas tax, funding rural hospitals and passing the SAVE America Act.

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