Senator Michael Bennet News Archives

Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday, although he stopped short of claiming the 60 votes needed to pass a plan steeped in controversy.

Congresswoman Betsy Markey, D-Fort Collins, yesterday introduced The Credit Card Rate Freeze Act, legislation that would immediately freeze interest rates on consumer credit card accounts ahead of federal credit card reform legislation slated to go into effect early next year.

" Senators John McCain , Michael Bennet , and Representatives Doris Matsui , Tom Petri , and Joe Courtney , introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Post-9/11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act, which seeks to expand the existing Troops to Teachers program to allow more troops to teach in America's schools, during a press conference today in ...

State officials are say the impact the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is having on Colorado is "encouraging." Tuesday afternoon, new data was released about the federal stimulus dollars being spent in the state and how many jobs they are creating or saving.

Senators John McCain and Michael Bennet , along with Representatives Joe Courtney and Tom Petri , introduced the 'Post-9/11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act' Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers loves his job. An attorney by trade and a Republican by party, Suthers has dedicated much of his professional life to serving the public good.

Republican Jane Norton touts her Colorado roots on the stump but her Senate campaign exudes East Coast connections, from U.S. Sen.

President Obama has yet to comment on passage of a gay-inclusive hate crimes bill.

Stephanie Villafuerte has been mum on any talks with the DA's office before and after a restricted database was accessed in '06. Statements and records differ.

U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo. led a bi-partisan group of 30 House members Friday in sending a letter to TrailBlazer Health Enterprises and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, urging them to approve the off-label use of Avastin for treatment of ovarian cancer in Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, according to a Markey press ...

Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil rights-era law Congress approved Thursday and sent to President Obama.

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has a page set up where you can sign a petition to support the state's effort to receive federal Race to the Top competitive grant dollars that support education reform.

DENVER First a Colorado infant was refused health insurance for being too fat. Now a Colorado family says they can't find insurance for their toddler daughter because she's too skinny.

" Continuing her efforts to reduce the burden on military families, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar introduced bipartisan legislation to help make student loans more affordable for soldiers fighting overseas.

ARREST IN STABBING: On Monday at approximately 7:40 p.m., the Denver Police Department arrested Eulalio Chavez without incident.

Colorado Springs News Video Latest news videos of interestA from southern Colorado Story By Rachel Welte Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 at 6:04 p.m. More than 600 people attended event Congressman Doug Lamborn spent Monday Morning In Colorado Springs.

Several times in the past five years, American citizens and Colorado citizens fought and defeated the "Dream Act" foisted upon taxpayers by their own elected representatives.

GREELEY, Colo. - The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century.

For a person who never held an elected office Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., is proving to be a solid fundraiser.

Aurora City Council member will run for the 7th Congressional District seat held by Democratic Rep.

Will 2010 bring a GOP wave? In Colorado, where Democrats have won the last two Senate races, the appointed Democrat, Michael Bennet, faces a primary challenger, Andrew Romanoff, a former speaker of the state House.

As the economic downturn gripped Colorado, Gov. Bill Ritter has reduced his use of state planes, though one Republican critic questioned the passengers who joined him on two of the trips.

Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has charged a man accused of robbing an elderly woman who had just turned in a winning lottery ticket and was on her way home with her cash prize.

Service members carrying student loans that originated before Oct. 1, 2008, would get a 60-month reprieve from having interest accrue on their debt, under a bipartisan Senate bill.

Allen West, a retired Army colonel running for Congress in Florida, is shown here in a campaign Web video.

The Colorado Bankers Association is jumping into an area where few banks dare to tread these days: pushing back against overregulation, which many bankers partly blame for choking off lending.

A year from the 2010 general election, it's clear that candidates must have hundreds of thousands of dollars on hand to hold a spot in the races for governor and the U.S. Senate.

The 2010 Senate landscape is almost evenly split down the middle: Republicans will defend 18 seats, while Democrats defend 19 seats.

In a significant staff shake up, Sen. Michael Bennet has replaced Jeff Lane, the chief of staff of his Senate office, with the former director of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

Colorado Springs News Video Latest news videos of interestA from southern Colorado Story By Rachel Welte Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 9:27 p.m. Spent Thursday afternoon talking with supporters The race for Colorado's next governor is beginning to heat up, and one candidate has begun a state-wide tour to drum up support for his campaign.

Jane Norton's strong start in Colorado - The Scorecard: Jane Norton's strong start in Colorado October 08, 2009 Categories: Colorado Jane Norton's strong start in Colorado Former Colorado lieutenant governor Jane Norton demonstrated why Republican operatives are excited about her Senate candidacy against Sen.

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colorado, a former Denver schools chief, has taken the slot on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee made vacant by the death of Sen.

Thirteen months before election day, Colorado's 2010 senate race already has two Democrats in contention and seven - and counting - Republicans.

Is there a better way of looking at the country than through the centuries-old lenses that have guided politicians for more than 200 years - or, in Colorado's case, since 1876? Ours is a nation of 50 states.

Even though it's not an election year, Rep. David Balmer has been out knocking on his neighbors' doors, checking the pulse of his statehouse district.

And that's just what he got as the sea of hopefuls for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate swelled to 10.

Stephanie Villafuerte, 44, was a prosecutor in the Denver DA and U.S. attorney offices.

Colorado highway officials woke up Thursday with $114.7 million less in federal dollars to spend.

Colorado Democrats and environmental groups are rallying behind tough climate control legislation introduced yesterday in the Senate.