Basically half of all senate Dems supported this. Even if they're not getting reelected, they should be following the desires of their party. The party is the issue it seems. Jefferies said he didn't support it. Schumer said he did. I don't know that the above comment was blaming the newly elected people as much as expressing frustration that the voters (presumably people that these senators currently represent) have spoken just recently, but apparently that has no bearing on the direction the party takes. Hopefully the newly elected individuals do a better job of representing the will of the people, regardless of their adherence to the party line. Schumer is just continuing to demonstrate he's not the man for the moment and isn't in touch with the needs and wants of the people sending Dems to congress.

They didn't say it was caused by the newly elected Democrats, they said Democrats aren't paying attention to the way people voted last week. AI data centers were one of the biggest issues in the midterms, and probably the reason so many rural red districts flipped blue. For such a pro-AI bill to get this much Dem support is incredibly stupid. If I was a voter who flipped, thinking the Dems would protect my town from data centers, this could send a message that "both parties are the same after all." Our elected officials are supposed to represent us every day of the year - election season or not.