Michael Bennet
2009 - Present
2029
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Michael Bennet (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Colorado. He assumed office on January 22, 2009. His current term ends on January 3, 2029.
Bennet (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Colorado. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
He was first appointed to the Senate in 2009 by Gov. Bill Ritter (D) to replace Ken Salazar (D). Bennet won a full term in 2010 after defeating former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff in the Democratic primary and defeating Ken Buck in the general election.[1] He won re-election in 2016, defeating Darryl Glenn (R).
Before his appointment to the Senate, Bennet had served as the superintendent for Denver Public Schools and was chief of staff for Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D).[2]
As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Bennet is an average Democratic member of Congress, meaning he will vote with the Democratic Party on the majority of bills.
Biography
Bennet was born in 1964 in New Delhi, India, where his father was an aide to the U.S. ambassador, and grew up in Washington, D.C. He received a B.A. in history from Wesleyan University and a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was editor in chief of the Yale Law Journal.[3][4][5]
After graduating from Yale in 1993, Bennet clerked for Judge Francis D. Murnaghan on the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and worked as an associate lawyer at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. In 1995, he became counsel to U.S. Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick, and in 1997, special assistant to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.[4][6][7][8]
Bennet moved to Colorado in 1997, where he became managing director at Anschutz Investment Company.[4][7][8] In 2003, then-Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper hired Bennet as his chief of staff. Two years later, he was selected as the superintendent of Denver Public Schools, where he served until 2009.[4][7][9]
On January 21, 2009, Gov. Bill Ritter (D) appointed Bennet to the U.S. Senate after incumbent Ken Salazar (D) resigned to take a position in the Obama administration. In 2010, Bennet won the general election against Republican Ken Buck with 48.1% of the vote. He was re-elected to the Senate in 2016.[4][9] Bennet was a member of the Gang of Eight, a group of four Democratic and four Republican senators who attempted to pass a bipartisan immigration bill in 2013. His January 24, 2019, floor speech in response to Sen. Ted Cruz (R) about the partial government shutdown became the most-watched C-SPAN video on Twitter as of May 2, 2019.[10][11][12]
In 2019, Bennet published The Land of Flickering Lights: Restoring America in an Age of Broken Politics, a book in which he assessed the state of American government.[13]
Career
Below is an abbreviated outline of Bennet's academic, professional, and political career:[2]
- 2009-Present: U.S. Senator from Colorado
- 2005-2009: Superintendent, Denver Public Schools
- 2003-2005: Chief of staff to mayor of Denver
- 1997-2003: Managing director, Anschutz Investment Co.
- 1997: Special assistant U.S. attorney, Conn.
- 1995-1997: Counsel to U.S. deputy attorney general
- 1993: Graduated from Yale Law School with J.D.
- 1987: Graduated from Wesleyan University with B.A.
Committee assignments
U.S. Senate
2023-2024
Bennet was assigned to the following committees:[Source]
- Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Chairman
- Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy
- Committee on Finance
- Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
- International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
- Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, Chairman
- Committee on Rules and Administration
- Committee on Intelligence (Select)
2021-2022
Bennet was assigned to the following committees:[Source]
- Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy
- Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Chair
- Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
- Committee on Intelligence (Select)
- Committee on Finance
- International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
- Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy
- Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, Chair
2019-2020
Bennet was assigned to the following committees:[Source]
- Committee on Intelligence (Select)
- Committee on Finance
- Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
2017-2018
At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Bennet was assigned to the following committees:[14]
- Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Committee on Finance
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
2015-2016
Bennet served on the following committees:[15]
- Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- Finance Committee
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
2013-2014
Bennet served on the following Senate committees:[16]
- Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
- Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research
- Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources
- Subcommittee on Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation
- Finanzbranche
- The Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
- The Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
- The Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight Chairman
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
- Subcommittee on Children and Families
2011-2012
- Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
- Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology
- Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry and Credit
- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
- Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
- Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Subcommittee on Children and Families
- Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
- Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition, and Family Farms
- Aging
Key votes
- See also: Key votes
Ballotpedia monitors legislation that receives a vote and highlights the ones that we consider to be key to understanding where elected officials stand on the issues. To read more about how we identify key votes, click here.
Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023
The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, at which point Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.
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Key votes: 117th Congress, 2021-2023The 117th United States Congress began on January 3, 2021 and ended on January 3, 2023. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-213), and the U.S. Senate had a 50-50 makeup. Democrats assumed control of the Senate on January 20, 2021, when President Joe Biden (D) and Vice President Kamala Harris (D), who acted as a tie-breaking vote in the chamber, assumed office. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.
Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2021The 116th United States Congress began on January 9, 2019, and ended on January 3, 2021. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (235-200), and Republicans held the majority in the U.S. Senate (53-47). Donald Trump (R) was the president and Mike Pence (R) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.
Key votes: 115th Congress, 2017-2018
114th CongressThe first session of the 114th Congress enacted into law six out of the 2,616 introduced bills (0.2 percent). Comparatively, the 113th Congress had 1.3 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the first session. In the second session, the 114th Congress enacted 133 out of 3,159 introduced bills (4.2 percent). Comparatively, the 113th Congress had 7.0 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.[105][106] The Senate confirmed 18,117 out of 21,815 executive nominations received (83 percent). For more information pertaining to Bennet's voting record in the 114th Congress, please see the below sections.[107] Economic and FiscalTrade Act of 2015
2016 Budget proposal
Defense spending authorization
Foreign AffairsIran nuclear deal
DomesticUSA FREEDOM Act of 2015
Cyber security
Immigration
113th CongressThe second session of the 113th Congress enacted into law 224 out of the 3215 introduced bills (7 percent). Comparatively, the 112th Congress had 4.2 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.[138] The Senate confirmed 13,949 out of 18,323 executive nominations received (76.1 percent). For more information pertaining to Bennet's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.[139] National securityJohn Brennan CIA nomination
EconomyFarm bill
2014 Budget
Government shutdown
No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013
ImmigrationMexico-U.S. border
Social issuesViolence Against Women (2013)
Previous congressional sessionsFiscal Cliff
Other legislationSenator Bennet voted for the stimulus bill.[152] According to polling, 57% of U.S. voters believe that the stimulus has either hurt the economy (36%) or had no impact (21%), while 38% believe the stimulus helped the economy.[153] Bennet also supported the health care reform bill.[154] Polls showed that 57% of likely voters at least somewhat favor repeal of the health care reform bill, including 46% who strongly favor repeal. Meanwhile, 35% of likely voters oppose repeal and 51% of likely voters believe the health care reform bill will be bad for the country, while 36% believe it will be beneficial.[155] Finally, Bennet voted against an amendment that would have defunded the Obama Administration's lawsuit against Arizona over its new immigration law. As of July 8, 2010, 56 percent of U.S. voters were opposed to the Obama Administration's challenge to the Arizona immigration law.[156] |
Issues
Gang of Eight
In 2013, Bennet was a member of the "Gang of Eight", a bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators working on immigration legislation.[157] The group agreed to the following guiding principles on immigration, as summarized by the The National Law Review:
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The Gang of Eight wrote the first draft of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.[160] The bill passed the U.S. Senate but did not receive a vote in the U.S. House.
Elections
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Colorado, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Colorado
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Colorado on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Michael Bennet (D) | 55.9 | 1,397,170 |
Joe O'Dea (R) ![]() | 41.3 | 1,031,693 | ||
![]() | Brian Peotter (L) ![]() | 1.7 | 43,534 | |
T.J. Cole (Unity Party) ![]() | 0.7 | 16,379 | ||
![]() | Frank Atwood (Approval Voting Party) | 0.5 | 11,354 | |
![]() | Tom Harvey (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 29 | |
![]() | Joanne Rock (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 25 | |
![]() | John Rutledge (L) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 9 | |
![]() | Robert Messman (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 8 |
Total votes: 2,500,201 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Aaron Trevino (Independent)
- Teal'c Anderson (Freedom Party)
- Aaron Pehrson (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado
Incumbent Michael Bennet advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Michael Bennet | 100.0 | 516,985 |
Total votes: 516,985 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dan Chapin (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado
Joe O'Dea defeated Ron Hanks and Daniel Hendricks in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Joe O'Dea ![]() | 54.4 | 345,060 | |
![]() | Ron Hanks | 45.5 | 288,483 | |
![]() | Daniel Hendricks (Write-in) ![]() | 0.0 | 302 |
Total votes: 633,845 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gino Campana (R)
- Juli Henry (R)
- Erik Aadland (R)
- Eli Bremer (R)
- Gregory Moore (R)
- Deborah Flora (R)
- Peter Yu (R)
Approval Voting Party convention
Approval Voting Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado
Frank Atwood advanced from the Approval Voting Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado on March 26, 2022.
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✔ | ![]() | Frank Atwood (Approval Voting Party) |
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2020
Presidency
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election on November 3, 2020. Biden received 306 electoral votes and President Donald Trump (R) received 232 electoral votes. In the national popular vote, Biden received 81.2 million votes and Trump received 74.2 million votes.
Bennet announced he was running for president on May 2, 2019.[161] He suspended his presidential campaign on February 11, 2020.[162]
Ballotpedia has compiled the following resources about Bennet and the 2020 presidential election:
- Recent news stories about the 2020 presidential election;
- An overview of key national and state campaign staffers;
- Endorsements from politicians, public figures, and organizations;
- An overview of candidate campaign travel; and
- A list of other presidential candidates who are running for election.
Click here for Bennet's 2020 presidential campaign overview.
2016
The U.S. Senate race in Colorado was rated safely Democratic in 2016. Incumbent Michael Bennet (D) won re-election, defeating Darryl Glenn (R), Lily Tang Williams (L), Arn Menconi (G), Bill Hammons (Unity Party), Dan Chapin (I), Paul Noel Fiorino (I), and Don Willoughby (Write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Bennet faced no primary challenger, while Glenn defeated Ryan Frazier, Robert Blaha, Jack Graham, and Jon Keyser to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on June 28, 2016.[163][164][165]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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50% | 1,370,710 | |
Republican | Darryl Glenn | 44.3% | 1,215,318 | |
Libertarian | Lily Tang Williams | 3.6% | 99,277 | |
Green | Arn Menconi | 1.3% | 36,805 | |
Unity | Bill Hammons | 0.3% | 9,336 | |
Independent | Dan Chapin | 0.3% | 8,361 | |
Unaffiliated | Paul Noel Fiorino | 0.1% | 3,216 | |
Total Votes | 2,743,023 | |||
Source: Colorado Secretary of State |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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37.7% | 131,125 | ||
Jack Graham | 24.6% | 85,400 | ||
Robert Blaha | 16.5% | 57,196 | ||
Jon Keyser | 12.5% | 43,509 | ||
Ryan Frazier | 8.7% | 30,241 | ||
Total Votes | 347,471 | |||
Source: Colorado Secretary of State |
2010
On November 2, 2010, Michael Bennet won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Ken Buck (R), Bob Kinsey (G), Maclyn Stringer (L), Jason Napolitano (Independent Reform), Charley Miller (Unaffiliated) and J. Moromisato (Unaffiliated) in the general election.[166]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2016
The following issues were listed on Bennet's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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Notable endorsements
This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.
Campaign finance summary
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Personal Gain Index
- See also: Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)
- See also: Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)
The Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress) is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U.S. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:
PGI: Change in net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Bennet's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $4,259,031 and $15,310,000. That averages to $9,784,515, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic senators in 2012 of $13,566,333.90. Bennet ranked as the 16th most wealthy senator in 2012.[167] Between 2004 and 2012, Bennet's calculated net worth[168] decreased by an average of 6 percent per year. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.[169]
Michael Bennet Yearly Net Worth | |
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Year | Average Net Worth |
2004 | $17,796,229 |
2012 | $9,784,515 |
Growth from 2004 to 2012: | −45% |
Average annual growth: | −6%[170] |
Comparatively, the American citizen experienced a median yearly decline in net worth of -0.94%.[171] |
The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.
PGI: Donation Concentration Metric
Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets.org, Ballotpedia calculated the percentage of donations by industry received by each incumbent over the course of his or her career (or 1989 and later, if elected prior to 1988). Bennet received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the Securities & Investment industry.
From 2009-2014, 31.27 percent of Bennet's career contributions came from the top five industries as listed below.[172]
Michael Bennet Campaign Contributions | |
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Total Raised | $15,563,576 |
Total Spent | $14,266,190 |
Top five industries that contributed to campaign committee | |
Securities & Investment | $1,552,574 |
Lawyers/Law Firms | $1,536,634 |
Retired | $709,370 |
Immobilien | $621,945 |
TV/Movies/Music | $446,666 |
% total in top industry | 9.98% |
% total in top two industries | 19.85% |
% total in top five industries | 31.27% |
Analysis
Ideology and leadership
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Bennet was a rank-and-file Democrat as of July 2014. This was the same rating Bennet received in June 2013.[173]
Like-minded colleagues
The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[174]
Bennet most often votes with: |
Bennet least often votes with: |
Lifetime voting record
According to the website GovTrack, Michael Bennet missed 14 of 2,098 roll call votes from January 2009 to September 2015. This amounts to 0.7 percent, which is better than the median of 1.6 percent among current senators as of September 2015.[175]
Congressional staff salaries
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Bennet paid his congressional staff a total of $2,633,822 in 2011. He ranked 21st on the list of the lowest paid Democratic senatorial staff salaries and ranked 58th overall of the lowest paid senatorial staff salaries in 2011. Overall, Colorado ranked 18th in average salary for senatorial staff. The average U.S. Senate congressional staff was paid $2,529,141.70 in fiscal year 2011.[176]
National Journal vote ratings
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2013
Bennet ranked 40th in the liberal rankings among U.S. senators in 2013.[177]
2012
Bennet ranked 45th in the liberal rankings among U.S. senators in 2012.[178]
2011
Bennet ranked 40th in the liberal rankings among U.S. senators in 2011.[179]
Voting with party
The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.
2014
Bennet voted with the Democratic Party 93.8 percent of the time, which ranked 34th among the 53 Senate Democratic members as of July 2014.[180]
2013
Bennet voted with the Democratic Party 92.4 percent of the time, which ranked 34th among the 52 Senate Democratic members as of June 2013.[181]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Officeholder U.S. Senate Colorado |
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "How Bennet made it look easy," August 11, 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Biographical Director of the United States Congress, "Michael F. Bennet," accessed October 20, 2011
- ↑ Rocky Mountain News, "Bennet's tale steeped in family roots," archived March 1, 2009
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "BENNET, Michael F., (1964 - )," accessed July 10, 2019
- ↑ Weslyan University, "Senator Michael Bennet ’87: Pragmatist with Vision," January 27, 2009
- ↑ CPR News, "3-17-08 CSAP_BIO2," December 15, 2009
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity, "Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator From Colorado," accessed July 10, 2019
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Denver Post, "Bennet’s rèsumè impressive, even if it doesn’t fit the job," January 5, 2009
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Denver Post, "Michael Bennet: 5 things to know about the U.S. Senator," October 28, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Michael Bennet and the Immigration Compromise That Failed," June 27, 2019
- ↑ Politico, "Michael Bennet dives into crowded Democratic presidential primary," May 2, 2019
- ↑ Twitter, "C-SPAN," January 24, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, "A Presidential Candidate Assesses the Nation’s Political Ills," June 24, 2019
- ↑ United States Senate, "Committee Assignments of the 115th Congress," accessed January 19, 2017
- ↑ United States Senate, "Committee Assignments of the 114th Congress," accessed February 17, 2015
- ↑ Congressional Quarterly, "Senate Committee List," accessed January 18, 2013
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024," accessed February 27, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.6363 - Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024," accessed February 27, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.5860 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act," accessed February 27, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3746 - Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023," accessed February 27, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.7 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.44 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'"" accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.30 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to 'Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights'." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.5376 - Inflation Reduction Act of 2022," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.1605 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.7776 - James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.3373 - Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.4346 - Chips and Science Act," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3755 - Women's Health Protection Act of 2021," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2471 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.8404 - Respect for Marriage Act," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.6833 - Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.937 - COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3076 - Postal Service Reform Act of 2022," accessed January 23, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.2938 - Bipartisan Safer Communities Act," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.5305 - Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act," accessed January 23, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Res.24 - Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.350 - Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022," accessed January 23, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Con.Res.14 - A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031.," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.5746 - Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act," accessed January 20, 2023
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- ↑ This number was found by dividing each member's total net worth growth percentage by the number of years included in the calculation.
- ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth divided by the number of years for which there are net worth figures for each member.
- ↑ This figure was calculated using median asset data from the Census Bureau. Please see the Congressional Net Worth data for Ballotpedia spreadsheet for more information on this calculation.
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