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Michael Bennet
U.S. Senate: Senator
Democratic     Next Election Year: 2016

Education:
JD, Yale Law School, 1993 BA, Wesleyan University, 1987

Profession:
Superintendent, Denver Public Schools, 2005-2009 Chief of Staff, Mayor, City of Denver, John Hickenlooper, 2003-2005 Managing Director, Anschutz Investment Company, 1997-2003 Special Assistant, United States Attorney, State of Connecticut, 1997 Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, 1995-1997 Administrative Aide, Ohio Governor Richard Celeste, 1988-1990 Law Clerk, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals


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  Voting Record on Legislation Involving Welfare and Poverty



(2010) HR 4213 Unemployment Benefits Extension

Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (59/39)

Summary: -Requires states to determine whether an individual is eligible for emergency unemployment compensation or regular compensation if the individual meets the following criteria (Sec. 3):
    -Has been eligible for emergency unemployment compensation; -The benefit year for which the individual was eligible for emergency unemployment compensation has expired; -Has remaining entitlement to emergency unemployment compensation with respect to that benefit year; and -Would qualify for a new benefit year in which the weekly benefit amount of regular compensation is at least either $100 or 25 percent less than the weekly benefit in the aforementioned previous benefit year.
-Prohibits states from reducing the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation payable during the period of the agreement occurring on or after June 2, 1010 to an amount that is less than the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation which would otherwise have been payable during such period, as in effect on June 2, 2010, in order to ensure eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation (Sec. 4). -Establishes emergency designations for sections 2 and 3 of this Act, related to extending unemployment benefits, for the purposes of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Sec. 5).
Bennet's Vote

Y

(2010) HR 4213 Unemployment Benefits Extension

Outcome: Cloture Invoked (60/40)

Summary: -Requires states to determine whether an individual is eligible for emergency unemployment compensation or regular compensation if the individual meets the following criteria (Sec. 3):
    -Has been eligible for emergency unemployment compensation; -The benefit year for which the individual was eligible for emergency unemployment compensation has expired; -Has remaining entitlement to emergency unemployment compensation with respect to that benefit year; and -Would qualify for a new benefit year in which the weekly benefit amount of regular compensation is at least either $100 or 25 percent less than the weekly benefit in the aforementioned previous benefit year.
-Prohibits states from reducing the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation payable during the period of the agreement occurring on or after June 2, 1010 to an amount that is less than the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation which would otherwise have been payable during such period, as in effect on June 2, 2010, in order to ensure eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation (Sec. 4). -Establishes emergency designations for sections 2 and 3 of this Act, related to extending unemployment benefits, for the purposes of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Sec. 5).
Bennet's Vote

Y