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U.S. Senate Ag Committee advances 5-year farm bill with Bennet support

Jun 13, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Wednesday gave strong approval to the 2018 farm bill, known as the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. The 20-1 vote now moves the bill to the Senate floor. The one “no” vote came from Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, who raised objections during Wednesday’s hearing…
Sen. Bennet seeks transparency in drug pricing at hearing

Jun 13, 2018

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Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON – A top Trump administration official explained a proposed prescription drug price policy during a congressional hearing Tuesday that drew a caution from Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. “There is a complete lack of transparency in this industry, and it’s not just in drugs, it’s everything in health care,” Bennet said. Until consumers can…
Sen. Bennet endorses Senate farm bill draft

Jun 12, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

One day ahead of a hearing focused on the 2018 farm bill, Sen. Michael Bennet of Denver has endorsed the draft proposed by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. Bennet announced Tuesday he would support the version released last week by the committee, of which he is a member. The ag committee is…
Colorado Democrats and Republicans disagree over secret Russia investigation memo

Feb 3, 2018

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Tom Ramstack

The memo President Donald Trump declassified Friday to show that the FBI allegedly wrongly accused him of misconduct in his election campaign turned up deep divisions between Colorado’s Democrats and Republicans in Congress. Republicans such as Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, and Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor, agreed with the president. However, Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and…
Sen. Michael Bennet introduces bill to protect national monuments

Feb 2, 2018

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Tom Ramstack

There’s a land rush starting today in Utah that at least one Colorado senator wants to make certain never happens in his state. Miners are staking claims to parcels of land in large swaths of what formerly was about 2 million acres of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah, along Colorado’s southwest…
UPDATE: Opinions mixed among Colorado lawmakers on president’s State of the Union address

Jan 31, 2018

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Tom Ramstack

President Trump announced plans during his State of the Union address Tuesday for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure spending plan that could be good news for Colorado’s ambitious road-building plans. However, he also said he would move forward with a get-tough policy on immigration that is nearly certain to alienate the state’s large Hispanic population. He…
Sen. Michael Bennet tells Senate to listen to the voices of Dreamers

Jan 18, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, the Democrat from Denver who is an architect of compromise and reason on immigration issues in Washington, took to the floor of the Senate Wednesday evening to try to salvage a compromise on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. A deal tied to President Trump’s demand for a wall and…
Rep. Mike Coffman seeks to prevent some immigrant deportations

Jan 12, 2018

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Tom Ramstack

Washington – A bill introduced this week by a Colorado congressman seeks to prevent deportation for many foreigners living in the United States with temporary permission at a time immigration has become one of Washington’s hottest issues. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, wants to eliminate the Temporary Protected Status that gives immigrants only a limited right…
Trump’s reduction of national monuments draws impassioned reactions in Colorado

Dec 5, 2017

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Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON – Colorado’s environmentalists and Democratic politicians blasted President Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that he would drastically reduce the size of two wilderness national monuments in Utah. Some asked whether federal land in Colorado would be next. “In Colorado, we value our lands because they are part of our fabric and they strengthen local economies,”…
Bennet among critics of Obamacare replacement bill at Monday Senate hearing

Sep 26, 2017

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Tom Ramstack

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet harshly criticized a Republican proposal for revamping the nation’s health insurance during an emotional congressional hearing Monday in Washington, D.C. He said the plan would leave millions of Americans without health insurance. “What they’re doing is stripping hard-earned protections from the American people,” Bennet, a Democrat, said during a hearing of…