If he succeeds in his 2022 bid for re-election and carries out his full term, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) would become the longest-tenured U.S. Senator in Colorado history. The Colorado GOP is looking to prevent that from happening.
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Colorado’s Bennet, Hick Support Broad Protections for LGBTQ+ Americans, But Bill Stalls In Senate
Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) are calling for an end to legal discrimination against LGBTQ+ members at a federal level. But after the House passed the Equality Act earlier this year, its future in the Senate remains uncertain at best.
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Economic Collapse or Historic Opportunity? Biden Infrastructure Plan Divides CO Congresspeople
In Washington D.C., Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan is being labeled as needless spending by Republicans, who also dislike the corporate tax hikes. Progressives are worried that key climate provisions of the plan will be lost due to the Democrats’ slim majority in both chambers. Colorado’s congressional delegation is similarly divided.
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Tipton’s Refusal to Give Boebert Data Didn’t Impede Constituent Service, Says Former Staffer
Former U.S. Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) signed a document last November that barred his successor, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), from accessing Content Management System (CMS) data, but his former district director is refuting the congresswoman’s claims that constituent casework was affected by this decision.
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Bennet’s Push To Make Expanded Child Tax Credit Permanent Faces GOP Challenges
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and other Democrats are looking for bipartisan support to make a temporary child tax credit permanent, providing families with up to $300 monthly per child.
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Hickenlooper Still Undecided on Expanding U.S. Supreme Court
“Would you vote to expand the [U.S. Supreme] Court?” KHOW radio host Ross Kaminsky asked U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) directly last month.
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Bennet’s Expanded Child Tax Credit Is a Boon to Coloradans, Experts Say
In the first advertisement for his 2022 re-election campaign, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) celebrated the inclusion of an expanded child tax credit provision in the latest coronavirus relief package.
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Bennet Calls on Facebook to Combat “Hate and Violence Targeting Muslims”
In a letter sent yesterday to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet joined a group of Democratic Senators urging Facebook to better combat anti-Muslim bigotry on its platform.
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Neguse, Bennet Bash Boebert for Extremist Position on Bipartisan CORE Act
VAIL — Democrats stumping on the Western Slope last week took aim at Republicans Lauren Boebert and five-term U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton for their ongoing opposition to the Colorado Outdoor Recreation & Economy (CORE) Act that would protect 400,000 acres of public lands.
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Trump Fed-Reserve Nominee Has Supported Selling Off Public Lands. Will Gardner Join Bennet in Opposing Her?
Last Monday, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) came out against President Donald Trump’s controversial nomination of Dr. Judy Shelton as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.