Senator Bob Bennett
1993-present
Up For Re-election in 2010
- Ranked 31st most conservative Senator in 2007 by National Journal LINK
- Committees: Senate Rules Committee Ranking Member, Energy and Natural Resources, Banking, Appropriations, Joint Economic. He also serves as counsel to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. LINK
- YouTube Page
Controversial Views, Votes & Other Actions
- Voted for $700 billion TARP bill LINK (See my blog post related to TARP)
- As a member of the banking committee, Bennett had an opportunity to stop the sub-prime mortgage debacle. I do not know of any action he took.
- From 1989-2008, Bennett has received more campaign contributions from Fannie Mae than any other member of congress except Chris Dodd, Barack Obama and John Kerry. Fannie Mae played perhaps the biggest role in the sub-prime mortgage mess. Bennett received $107,999. LINK
- Citizens Against Government Waste February 2002 “Porker of the Month” award winner. LINK
November 3, 2009 at 6:22 am |
In March of this year Senator Bob Bennett was rated one of the ten most liberal Republicans in the Senate by Human Events based on the American Conservative Union Ratings for 2008. Why Bennett would pay money to convince voters he is Conservative is beyond me.
Bennett’s bill, S.391 Healthy Americans Act:
(3) COVERAGE FOR FAMILY PLANNING-
(A) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a health insurance issuer shall make available supplemental coverage for abortion services that may be purchased in conjunction with enrollment in a HAPI plan or an actuarially equivalent healthy American plan.
(B) RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EXCEPTION- Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require a health insurance issuer affiliated with a religious institution to provide the coverage described in subparagraph (A).
December 15, 2009 at 5:49 am |
Fight the Medical Reform tooth and nail.
We don’t need more bureaucracy.
Concentrate on reforming the tort system, take back regulation of insurance from the states and the alike. Don’t create a new problem, clean up the ones we know. Also, limit bill size to 100 pages, maximum, no riders, do one thing at a time.