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House Passes Bennet Amendment to Allow Small Businesses and Start-Ups to Raise Capital Online and Through Social Media

Amendment that Improves Investor Protections in JOBS Bill Now on its Way to White House to Become Law

Mar 27, 2012
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed on a bipartisan basis Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s amendment to allow small businesses and start-ups to raise capital online and through social media while also protecting investors. The amendment passed as part of the Jumpstarting Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, whi...
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Bennet and Udall Call for Passage of Senate Energy Bill to Extend Wind Energy Tax Credit

Bill Would Save Thousands of Colorado Wind Energy Jobs

Mar 26, 2012
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today urged their Senate colleagues to pass a bill that would extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC), along with several other renewable energy incentives, such as biofuels. The bill is paid for with a repeal of tax subsidies for the five biggest oil and gas companies...
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Bennet, Hatch and Burr Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Bring Breakthrough Treatments to Patients More Quickly

Bill Would Expedite FDA Approval and Increase Clinical Trial Flexibility of Drugs and Treatments That Show Dramatic Early Responses

Mar 26, 2012
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Richard Burr (R-NC) today introduced a bipartisan bill to help bring breakthrough drugs and treatments to patients who need them more quickly. The Advancing Breakthrough Therapies for Patients Act would expedite U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and provid...
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Bennet Visita El Programa de Conciencia y de Asistencia de Denver, Pide que Continúen los Recursos para Prevenir Crí­menes Contra Mujeres

Las Visitas A Centros de Crisis Locales de Violación Destaca la Necesidad de Reautorizar El Acto de Violencia Contra Mujeres

Mar 23, 2012
En apoyo a los esfuerzos para prevenir la violencia contra la mujer, El Senador de Colorado, Michael Bennet visito el Programa de Conciencia y Asistencia (Rape Awareness and Assistance Program RAAP) en Denver. Bennet recorrió el sitio y platico con los defensores y las víctimas para destacar la necesidad de reautoriza...
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Bennet Tours Denver's Rape Awareness and Assistance Program, Calls for Continuing Resources to Prevent Crimes Against Women

Visit to Local Rape Crisis Center Highlights Need to Reauthorize Violence Against Women Act

Mar 23, 2012
In support of ongoing efforts to prevent violence against women, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet stopped by the Rape Awareness and Assistance Program (RAAP) in Denver. Bennet toured the facility and sat down with advocates and victims to highlight the need to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which Bennet is c...
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Senate Adopts Bennet's Bipartisan Crowdfunding Amendment to Allow Small Businesses and Start-Ups to Raise Capital Online and Through Social Media

Mar 22, 2012
Amendment Headlines Package of Proposals to Help Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Bolster Small Businesses Improves Investor Protections in Bill The U.S. Senate today adopted a bipartisan amendment introduced by Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Scott Brown (R-MA) to help expand investments...
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Bennet Introduces New Bill to Shine Light on Anonymous Campaign Spending

Bill Would Help Correct Problem Created by Citizens United Decision

Mar 21, 2012
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today, along with a group of Senators, introduced a bill to address the worst of the problems caused by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. The DISCLOSE Act of 2012 will help put an end to secretive campaign spending by strengthening disclosure laws. The bill is cosponsored by ...
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Bennet es Miembro Honorario de Junta Directiva de Amigos del Museo Nacional del Latino Estadounidense

Co-Patrocina Un Proyecto De Ley Para Crear Un Plan Para el Museo En Washington Destacando Las Contribuciones de Latinos en Los Estados Unidos

Mar 19, 2012
El Senador Michael Bennet de Colorado fue nombrado miembro honorario de la junta directiva de los Amigos del Museo Nacional del Latino Americano, la organización supervisando la planificación y creación de un museo en la capital de nuestro país dedicada a destacar las contribuciones de los Latinos a la v...
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Bennet Joins Honorary Board of Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino

Co-sponsors Bill to Create Plan for Museum in Washington Highlighting Latino Contributions to the American Way of Life

Mar 19, 2012
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet was named an honorary member of the board of the Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino, an organization overseeing the planning and creation of a museum in our nation’s capital devoted to highlighting the contributions of Latinos to the American way of life. Bennet is als...
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