Senator Michael Enzi

Republican  •  Wyoming  •  3rd Term  •  Sworn In 1997
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02/08/12
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs

...or fee to underwrite the cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobby

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02/08/12
Senate struggles to pay for highway

...tax or fee to underwrite the cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation l

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02/08/12
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs

...or fee to underwrite the cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobby

Source: CBS News
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02/08/12
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs

...tax or fee to underwrite the cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation l

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02/08/12
Senate Struggles To Pay For Highway Programs

...tax or fee to underwrite the cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation l

Source: NPR
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02/08/12
Senate struggles to pay for highway

...tax or fee to underwrite the cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation l

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02/08/12
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs

...tax or fee to underwrite the cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation l

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02/08/12
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs

...tax or fee to underwrite the cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation l

Source: KHOU.com
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02/08/12
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs

...fee to underwrite the cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyist

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02/08/12
Senate Committee Approves U.S. Highway Bill Without Needed Funds

Kerry has co-sponsored a bill, championed by President Barack Obama, to create a U.S. infrastructure bank. Senator Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, withdrew an amendment to raise the U.S. gasoline tax by indexing it to inflation, which was ...

Source: Bloomberg
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02/08/12
Senate to Consider Higher Gas Tax, IRA Levy for Highways

The panel will also consider an amendment offered by Senator Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, to let the U.S. gasoline tax, which raises most money spent by the Highway Trust Fund on road construction, rise with inflation. The tax of 18.4 cents ...

Source: Businessweek
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02/07/12
Senate plans to extend highway programs but is struggling to find money to pay for them

Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday ...

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02/07/12
Baucus Adds Transit Tax Benefit to Senate Transpo Bill

Today (very early in the morning, as his Republican colleagues pointed out), Baucus released an updated version of the bill, which incorporates several proposed amendments — including Senator Chuck ... Coburn (R-OK), Mike Enzi (R-WY) and ...

Source: Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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02/07/12
Senate Considers Taxes From Inherited IRAs to Pay for Roads

Senator Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, offered the amendment, which notes that the fuel tax hasn’t been changed since 1993. Enzi is among 276 federal Republican lawmakers and three Democrats to sign a pledge by Grover Norquist, who advocates ...

Source: Bloomberg
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02/07/12
Essential Health Benefits Bulletin Draws Fire

Here is a sampling: Several House committees, including Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means, along with Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) asks HHS to justify its decision to issue a bulletin rather than a proposed rule on EHB.

Source: HealthLeaders Media
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02/07/12
Essential Health Benefits Bulletin Draws Fire

Here is a sampling: Several House committees, including Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means, along with Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) asks HHS to justify its decision to issue a bulletin rather than a proposed rule on EHB.

Source: HealthLeaders Media
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02/07/12
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs

...fee to underwrite the cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyist

Source: Boston.com
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02/07/12
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs

...to underwrite the cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists at

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02/07/12
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs

...tax or fee to underwrite the cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation l

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02/05/12
Lummis makes most sense

She cited the 10-point plan by U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., as a good starting point for health care -- we like those proposals as well -- assuming the reform bill passed earlier can be repealed. Both candidates support cutting the federal ...

Source: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
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02/04/12
Amendments to Tighten, Trim, and Tone the STOCK Act

Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) proposed an amendment that would remove mutual funds from the STOCK Act requirements. Says Dan Head, a spokesperson for Enzi, "Widely held funds cannot be influenced by members or staffers, so those funds have 'excepted ...

Source: Daily Finance
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02/04/12
Amendments to Tighten, Trim, and Tone the STOCK Act

Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) proposed an amendment that would remove mutual funds from the STOCK Act requirements. Says Dan Head, a spokesperson for Enzi, "Widely held funds cannot be influenced by members or staffers, so those funds have 'excepted ...

Source: Motley Fool
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02/04/12
Enzi Accepting Applications for Summer Internship Program

U.S. Senator Mike Enzi has announced that his office is now accepting applications for the 2012 summer internship program. Enzi said that an internship in his office is rich with opportunity as it provides students with firsthand knowledge and experience.

Source: Sheridan Media
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02/03/12
Key issues not part of access talks

U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., likes to talk about the 80-20 principle. He believes public officials usually agree on about 80 percent of any issue, so they should focus on that when they find themselves in the middle of negotiations. If they ...

Source: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
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02/03/12
Change is hard: Keep the dollar bill

Especially if you're talking about a new proposal being championed by Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming. He wants to eliminate the dollar bill, replacing it with a dollar coin. The rationale goes something like this: The average dollar bill spends about four years

Source: Star-Tribune
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02/03/12
Texas senators Cornyn and Hutchinson joined by others to challenge Obama

Sen. Cornyn and Hutchinson were joined by Sens ... Coburn (R-OK), Bob Corker (R-TN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jim DeMint (R-SC), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Lindsay Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), John Hoeven (R-ND ...

Source: Examiner
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02/03/12
Say goodbye to the dollar bill, $1 coin saves more than a buck

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., joined a bipartisan group of senators Tuesday in introducing legislation that would phase out the $1 paper bill and replace it with a $1 coin as a way to save taxpayer’s millions of dollars ...

Source: Torrington Telegram
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02/03/12
Enzi Says No More Number 'Fudging' Budget Tricks

Republican Wyoming U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi was part of a group of Senate and House Republicans that held a press conference this week to support putting a stop to ongoing deficit spending and what they called “budget gimmicks”. Enzi's congratulations was .

Source: Sheridan Media
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02/02/12
U.S. Senate puts lid on multi-million dollar bonuses of Freddie, Fannie

Accusing the two of playing “a large role in causing the housing crisis in this country,” Senator McCan said ... (D-MO), John Barrasso (R-WY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Tom Coburn (R-OK), John Thune (R-SD), Roy Blunt ...

Source: Gant Daily
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02/02/12
U.S. Senate puts lid on multi-million dollar bonuses of Freddie, Fannie

Accusing the two of playing “a large role in causing the housing crisis in this country,” Senator McCan said ... McCaskill (D-MO), John Barrasso (R-WY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Tom Coburn (R-OK), John Thune (R-SD), Roy Blunt ...

Source: All Headline News
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Official website: http://www.enzi.senate.gov
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Phone: 202-224-3424
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