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Monday, May 28th, 2012

Posts Tagged Sheldon Whitehouse

Bennet joins group to address Super PAC situation

By | 03.14.12 | 10:58 am

On the heels of a new poll that shows 70 percent of Americans think Super PACs should be outlawed, Colorado Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has joined a task force to craft a new legislative response to blunt the impact from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing corporations and anonymous special interests to spend unlimited sums to influence elections.

Bipartisan bill aims to amend estate tax code to conserve America’s farms and ranches

By | 11.29.11 | 10:34 am

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall has proposed a change to the estate tax code to keep more farms and ranches intact.

Perlmutter energy-efficiency bill tackles range of big issues

By | 07.10.09 | 3:21 pm

U.S. Rep Ed Perlmutter, CO-7, introduced companion legislation Wednesday that seeks to encourage consumers to improve the energy-efficiency of their homes, including homes they’re looking to buy or build. The fairly basic-sounding bills — there are two of them–…