Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Robert Bennett [R, UT]

Utah AG Shurtleff drops out of US Senate race

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...depends on the next year, and so the Senate race had to give." Shurtleff was one of several Republicans challenging U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett for the GOP nomination this spring. He was considered Bennett's most serious challenger, although Bennett has main

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Senate rejects Bennett move to count illegals

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...— Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked an attempt created by Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and co-sponsored by Bennett,

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Obama signs energy, water bill, tipping $1 million to SUU

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...Southern Utah University Science Center Energy Efficiency Modernization and Enhancement Project in the bill championed by Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) as the leading Republican on the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, this federal money

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Preserving our wild side

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...spending on national parks." Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Bob Bennett of Utah, warmly embraced the tens of millions of dollars coming to their states. But you did have to chuckle w

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Shurtleff ends 2010 Senate campaign

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...said Wednesday he was dropping out of the U.S. Senate race. Shurtleff said he decided not to challenge fellow Republican Sen. Bob Bennett next year so he could spend more time with his 17-year-old daughter who suffers from mental illness and is in a res

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Proposed CUP bailout causes heartburn

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...system's costs to be repaid through sale of electricity from expected future development of hydropower there. However, Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, ranking Republican on the subcommittee and sponsor of the bill, said those costs mean "any hydropower facili

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Senate kills Bennett move to count illegals

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

Utah AG Shurtleff drops out of US Senate race

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

Senate rejects Bennett's census-immigration amendment

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...to the states, but to split trillions of dollars in federal funding. Washington » The Senate rejected a proposal by Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, on Thursday that would have required the 2010 Census to include a question about citizenship. Bennet's pla

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Shurtleff suspends campaign due to daughter's health

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...suspending my campaign to take care of her and my family," he said. The attorney general had been the leading challenger to Sen. Bob Bennett, assailing the three-term incumbent from the right for his vote for the first round of bank bailouts and his s

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Utah AG Shurtleff suspends US Senate campaign

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...although a news conference was scheduled for later Wednesday. Shurtleff is one of several Republicans challenging U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett for the GOP nomination this spring. Shurtleff was considered Bennett's most serious challenger, although Bennett has

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Economic bill would extend jobless aid, home buyer credit

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...last sticking point was the proposed amendment to end the TARP program at the end of the year, backed by Republican Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah. Co-sponsor Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., argued that some $300 billion has been unused or returned, and the money sh

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Bennett: Earmarks not bankrupting country

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...as a challenge to the president's authority. Provo » Taking on both conservative critics and President Barack Obama, Sen. Bob Bennett said Monday that entitlements, not earmarks, are the root problem of the nation's budget woes. Speaking to the Uta

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Senate looks to extend jobless benefits

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

Will Republicans continue to eat their young?

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...they want to beat Charlie Christ in Florida, Rob Simmons in Connecticut, Mark Kirk in Illinois, maybe even knock off Sen. Bob Bennett in Utah. Be my guest. If they win this seat in NY-23, the Sarah Palins and Rush Limbaughs will be crowing from the roof

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Shurtleff launches campaign ... for his novel

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...his new historical novel, "Am I Not a Man, the Dred Scott Story," about the famous slave who sued for freedom. Of course, Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, the man Shurtleff wants to unseat, recently launched a book himself, "Leap of Faith," that defends the Bo

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Bennett worked for father, now his son works for him

2009-10-31T00:00:00Z

...Bennett, campaign spokesman and son of Sen. Bob Bennett. His involvement in his father's election effort is a family tradition. Some reformers argue allowing relatives to be paid campaign workers can be an invitation to abuses. Photo courtesy Bennett fo

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White House: Stimulus boosting recovery

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...to the 4,164 jobs the state of Utah reported to the federal government as a result of stimulus funds. Utah Republican Sen. Bob Bennett, a senior member of the banking and joint economic committees, says the White House is wrong to tout the stimulus as

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White House: Stimulus boosting recovery

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

Hill AFB is finalist to land new F-35s

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...F-35 fighter-bomber. "This, I believe, secures the future of Hill Air Force Base into as far as any of us can see," said Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah. Technically, the Air Force said Hill is one of three "preferred choices" to house active operations squadr

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