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
S 1582 — GENIUS Act	Nay	May 8, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 60 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service…	Nay	May 8, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 7 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	May 8, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 13 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	May 7, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 60 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service…	Nay	May 6, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 7 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	May 6, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Frank Bisignano, of New Jersey, to be Commissioner of Social Security Administration	Nay	May 6, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 13 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	May 6, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 61 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental…	Nay	May 6, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 61 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental…	Nay	May 5, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Frank Bisignano to be Commissioner of the Social Security Administration	Nay	May 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 31 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	May 1, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 75 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy…	Nay	May 1, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 31 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Apr 30, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 49 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs.	Nay	Apr 30, 2025	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 49 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs.	Yea	Apr 30, 2025	Joint Resolution Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 75 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy…	Nay	Apr 30, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 42 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy…	Nay	Apr 30, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 42 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy…	Nay	Apr 29, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Tilman Fertitta, of Texas, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Italian Republic and the Republic of San…	Yea	Apr 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Tilman Fertitta to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Italian Republic and the Republic of San…	Yea	Apr 29, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Thomas Barrack, of Colorado, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Turkey	Yea	Apr 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Thomas Barrack to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Turkey	Yea	Apr 29, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Warren Stephens, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and…	Nay	Apr 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Warren Stephens to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and…	Nay	Apr 29, 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.