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Bennet Denounces Senate Vote to Block Paycheck Fairness Act

Apr 09, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement after a minority of senators blocked further consideration of the Paycheck Fairness Act. Bennet is a cosponsor of the bill that would strengthen tools for women to negotiate fair wages and establish protections for women who file complaints of gender-based pay disc...
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USDA Designates Eight Colorado Counties as Drought Disaster Areas

Designations Make Farmers, Ranchers Eligible for Assistance

Apr 09, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued contiguous disaster designations for eight Colorado counties due to recent drought conditions. The designations mean farmers and ranchers are eligible for assistance from the Farm Service Agency. “Despite above-average snow...
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Bennet, Udall Lead Effort to Provide Tax Relief for Colorado Disaster Victims

Legislation Would Provide Common-Sense Deductions, Credits for Victims of Recent Flood, Black Forest Fire, Waldo Canyon Fire, High Park Fire

Apr 09, 2014
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall pressed their colleagues to quickly take up legislation they and several of their colleagues introduced today to provide common-sense tax relief for disaster victims in Colorado. The National Disaster Tax Relief Act would help the victims of the September 2013 flood, 2013's Black Forest F...
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Bennet Urges Senate to Pass Paycheck Fairness Act on Equal Pay Day

Apr 08, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged his Senate colleagues to take up and pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would help close the pay gap between women and men working the same jobs. Today marks Equal Pay Day, which represents how far into the year a woman must work, on average, to earn as much as a man earned the pr...
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Bennet Wind PTC Amendment Included in Tax Extenders Bill

New Draft of Bill Includes Two-Year Extension

Apr 03, 2014
Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Charles Grassley (R-IA), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) have secured an amendment to extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) for two years in the bipartisan tax extenders bill. The amendment was included in an updated draft released by the Senate Finance Committee this morning prior to its cons...
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Bennet Cosponsors Amendment to Extend Wind PTC for 2 Years

Bipartisan Amendment Provides Certainty, Supports Thousands of Colorado Jobs

Apr 02, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) to file a bipartisan amendment to extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) to the tax extenders bill unveiled by the Senate Finance Committee yesterday. The amendment would extend the tax credit for two years. &l...
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Bennet Introduces Amendment to Increase Solar Energy Development

Amendment Mirrors Bipartisan Bill to Extend Tax Incentives to Solar Projects Under Construction

Apr 02, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today introduced an amendment to the bipartisan tax extenders bill to allow more solar companies to benefit from the tax advantages of investing in solar projects. The amendment, which mirrored the bipartisan bill Bennet introduced with Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) in February, would allow firms...
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