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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across outlets, with a bias spread of just 0.0 points separating the most- and least-partisan headlines. Both Politico and Axios employed neutral, factual language to describe the same legislative action, differing only in their choice of emphasis. Politico centered its framing on the beneficiary, describing the bill as one that would "shield ratepayers from data centers," while Axios framed the same action in terms of its economic mechanism, describing the House as voting "to curb AI data center costs." Neither framing carried ideological loading; both used straightforward legislative verbs — "passes" and "votes to curb" — without valorizing or criticizing the outcome. The only notable distinction is that Politico included the qualifier "overwhelmingly," which adds a sense of legislative consensus but does not tilt the framing in any partisan direction.