COLORADO
     Nov. 8, 2016 U.S. Senate


Palm Card, 4.5" x 10"


"The Democratic values of fairness, opportunity, equality and justice shape the views I take, each and every day.
 
I'm proud of our party and of our state, and I'm honored to be your Senator." 


–Senator Michael Bennet


"Together, we'll stand up to far right special interest attack, win in November and keep fighting for the solutions that Colorado needs."


–Senator Michael Bennet
 
As Senator, Michael has fought for Colorado families by:

-    Preventing 260,000 Coloradans from being pushed into poverty by voting to permanently extend expansions to the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit.

-    Supporting an increase in the federal minimum wage to $12.

-    Proposing legislation to make it easier for students to afford a college education by allowing them to refinance their loans. Senator Bennet also voted to freeze and cap student loan rates and introduced legislation to increase a tax credit to help them pay for tuition, books and supplies.

-    Strongly opposing the Republican attack on Planned Parenthood funding.

-    Voting for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and supporting additional legislation to ensure pay equity for women.

-    Leading the fight to end Don't Ask Don't Tell and also co-sponsoring a bill to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act. Michael believes that LGBT rights are rights we must all work to protect.

-    Working with a bipartisan group of seven other Senators, known as the "Gang of Eight," to pass a sweeping bill to fix our broken immigration system and strongly supporting the DREAM Act and an end to family detentions.

-    Helping to pass the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform bill to crack down on big banks.

-    Leading the passage of an amendment deeming climate change a matter of national security, demanding hearings on climate change, and calling for conservation, water protection, energy efficiency and clean energy as ways to address it.

-    Fighting against draconian Voter ID laws that effectively disenfranchise thousands of eligible voters.

-    Sponsoring a constitutional amendment to take dark money out of politics.

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