Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Bennett sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.
Each dot in the chart below was a member of the Senate in 2010. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Bennett is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Bennett sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (22%) Economics and Public Finance (13%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Water Resources Development (11%) Commerce (11%) Transportation and Public Works (11%) Sports and Recreation (11%) Environmental Protection (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Bennett’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 4047 (111th): FAST Deployment Act of 2010
- S. 3536 (111th): SAFER AIR Act of 2010
- S. 3385 (111th): American Energy and Western Jobs Act
- S. 3096 (111th): Economic Disaster Prevention Act of 2010
- S. 3083 (111th): Main Street Revitalization Act of 2010
- S. 3016 (111th): A bill to prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments ...
- S. 2980 (111th): A bill to protect the democratic process and the right of the ...
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Voting Record
From Feb 1993 to Dec 2010, Bennett missed 206 of 6,233 roll call votes, which is 3.3%. This is worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills