14,000 Jobless Coloradans Expected to Lose Unemployment Benefits by Year's End Fiscally-Responsible Measure Would Ensure Colorado's Unemployed Continue to Get Benefits They Need Bill Also Extends the Homebuyer Tax Credit and Provides Business Tax Relief Following a push to ensure that the Senate's extension of unemployment be...

Following House Approval of Bill to Expedite Credit Card Reform, Bennet Urges Senate Approval of Similar Legislation Bennet Co-Sponsors Senate Legislation Freezing Interest Rates on Existing Balances Until CARD Act is Implemented in February Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, released the following statement after the H...

With the start of College Application Week in Colorado this week, Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, is encouraging the state's high school students to take advantage and submit their applications to the state's colleges and universities without having to pay an application fee. Between November 1 - 8, 2009, occupational/...

Meets With Greeley Small Business Owner to Discuss Need for Reform that Reduces Costs, Increases Competition In HELP Committee Hearing, Bennet Hears Stories of How Rising Health Care Costs are Taking Toll on America's Small Businesses With Colorado small businesses finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with skyrocketing ...

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today applauded the House of Representatives for taking action to create a new national veterans cemetery in southern Colorado, and renewed their push to ensure veterans in the region have a final resting place to call their own. Earlier this year, Bennet and Udall introduced companion ...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet announced that they have written letters to Congressional leaders, urging them to work with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to resolve a discrimination lawsuit brought by Hispanic farmers and ranchers in Colorado, New Mexico, and other states against th...

Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet joined their Senate colleagues late Thursday in passing the conference report for the Interior Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2010, and sending the legislation containing key funding for Colorado's national parks, forests and public lands to the President's desk. T...

Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet today applauded the announcement of over $18 million in Recovery Act funding for the exploration and development of new geothermal fields and research into advanced geothermal technologies in Colorado. These grants will support more than 10 projects in Colorado. "This funding is terrific new...

Fort Collins, CO -Staff for Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, will host a Consumer and Homebuyers Seminar on Wednesday, November 4, from 6:30 to 8 PM. The event is free and open to the public. Bennet's North Central Regional Director Meg Corwin and Regional Representative James Thompson will be at the Fort Collins Senior...

In Speech, Bennet Pushes for Nationwide Reform as Current Health Care System Continues to Hurt Colorado's Families Bennet Highlights Medicare Care Transitions Act - Modeled After Successful Program in Mesa County Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today continued his push for health care reform, saying that the current...