Michael F. Bennet

Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Criminal Justice & Policing 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CO current Colorado	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2029	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CO Colorado	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CO Colorado	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CO Colorado	Democratic	Jan 22, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS Oversight — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Rural Development, Energy, and Credit unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.245, social dim. -0.188. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
SRES 412 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Hung Cao, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy	Nay	Oct 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Hung Cao to be Under Secretary of the Navy	Nay	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	Yea	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Sep 30, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	Yea	Sep 30, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2806 — Eliminate Shutdowns Act	Nay	Sep 29, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States of America to the General Assembly of the United…	Nay	Sep 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael G. Waltz to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of…	Nay	Sep 29, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations	Nay	Sep 19, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael G. Waltz to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations	Nay	Sep 19, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Sep 19, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	Yea	Sep 19, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157…	Nay	Sep 18, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154…	Nay	Sep 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shall the Decision of the Chair stand as the Judgment of the Senate?	Yea	Sep 17, 2025	Decision of Chair Not Sustained	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Reconsider the Vote by which the Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar Nos. en bloc (Roll Call Vote No. 522) was not…	Nay	Sep 17, 2025	Motion to Reconsider Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154…	Nay	Sep 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 22 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the…	Nay	Sep 16, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 60 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	Sep 16, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	Nay	Sep 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	Nay	Sep 15, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Sep 15, 2025	Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Sep 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,001 recorded contributions totalling $838,709. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 262 of 1001 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	53	$166,200	20%
Corporate PAC	9	$85,450	10%
Small-dollar	199	$21,568	3%
Super PAC	1	$105	0%
Unclassified	739	$565,386	67%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$61,377	GRASSROOTS MEDIA	BENNET FOR COLORADO	unclassified	Aug 7, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$25,500	GRASSROOTS MEDIA	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Dec 11, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$19,497	AUTHENTIC	BENNET FOR COLORADO	unclassified	Jan 5, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$16,050	UNITED HEALTHCARE	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Mar 16, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$11,500	BENNET WARNER VICTORY	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Nov 14, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,823	BENNET WARNER VICTORY	BENNET FOR COLORADO	unclassified	Feb 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,400	BENNET WARNER VICTORY	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Dec 1, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,000	ELKCO PROPERTIES	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Feb 14, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL PAC (NMHC PAC)	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Nov 6, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	ACTBLUE	BENNET FOR COLORADO	unclassified	Oct 16, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES PAC	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Aug 8, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES PAC	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Aug 8, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	ACTBLUE	BENNET FOR COLORADO	unclassified	Sep 24, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	ACTBLUE	BENNET FOR COLORADO	unclassified	Oct 16, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	BACPAC	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.