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 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Yea	Sep 11, 2025	Decision of Chair Not Sustained	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	Motion to Reconsider 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 Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 3849	Nay	Sep 10, 2025	Motion to Table 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 9, 2025	Motion to Proceed 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 9, 2025	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kyle Christopher Dudek, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida	Nay	Sep 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kyle Christopher Dudek to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida	Nay	Sep 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Robert Law, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland…	Nay	Sep 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Robert Law to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland Security	Nay	Sep 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Maria A. Lanahan, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri	Nay	Sep 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edward L. Artau of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida	Nay	Sep 8, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026	Yea	Sep 4, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edward L. Artau to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida	Nay	Sep 4, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Maria A. Lanahan to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri	Nay	Sep 4, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026	Yea	Sep 2, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Marcus Molinaro, of New York, to be Federal Transit Administrator	Not voting	Aug 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Adam Telle, of Mississippi, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army	Not voting	Aug 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sean Cairncross, of Minnesota, to be National Cyber Director	Not voting	Aug 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Arrigo, of Florida, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Portuguese Republic	Nay	Aug 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Catherine Hanson, of South Carolina, to be Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency	Nay	Aug 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luke Lindberg, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs	Yea	Aug 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luke Lindberg to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs	Yea	Aug 2, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jeanine Pirro, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia	Nay	Aug 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeanine Pirro to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia	Nay	Aug 2, 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.