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Senator Michael Bennet (D)
Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 01/22/2009
Next Election: 2016
Party: Democratic
First Elected: 01/22/2009
Next Election: 2016
Party: Democratic
General
Gender: MaleFamily: Wife: Susan; 3 Children: Caroline, Halina, Anne
Birth date: 11/28/1964
Birthplace: New Delhi, India
Home City: Denver CO
Religion:
Profession
Superintendent, Denver Public Schools, 2005-2009 Chief of Staff, Mayor, City of Denver, John Hickenlooper, 2003-2005 Managing Director, Anschutz Investment Company, 1997-2003 Special Assistant, United States Attorney, State of Connecticut, 1997 Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, 1995-1997 Administrative Aide, Ohio Governor Richard Celeste, 1988-1990 Law Clerk, 4th Circuit Court of AppealsEducation
JD, Yale Law School, 1993 BA, Wesleyan University, 1987Committees
Agriculture, Nutrition and ForestryBanking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Special Committee on Aging
Subcommittee on Children and Families
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition, and Family Farms
Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry and Credit
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance
Recent Votes
HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea
S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea
S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea
S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea
S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea
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Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea
S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea
S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea
S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea
S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea
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