• Bennet’s most notable work was in 2013, when he was a member of the “Gang of Eight” that helped pass comprehensive immigration reform in the Senate

• In 2017, Bennet introduced Medicare-X with Senator Tim Kaine.

• Bennet, along with Senator Sherrod Brown introduces the American Family Act to the Senate - this bill expands the Child Tax credit to up to $3,600 per year per child, and it makes accessible to everyone. As of right now, this Bill is the closest thing to a UBI in Congress. In December, Bennet and Romney tried to make this a reality as part of a military spending bill.

• In every session of Congress since 2011, Bennet has also been Sponsoring a bill every that would restrict members of Congress from becoming lobbyists, and is strongly opposed to Citizens United.

• Most importantly, as some of you may know, Bennet was responsible for helping secure the $600/week for people currently unemployed due to Coronavirus. He is also fighting to help get stimulus checks to dependents, the plan he initially introduced called for $2,000 payments to everybody, phasing out at higher incomes, the plan also called for additional payments if the crisis continued. (Unemployment Plan) (Stimulus Plan)

On January 2nd, 2020, while on the campaign trail, Bennet released his main policy platform, entitled The Real Deal. The title was meant be a contrast to the progressive left's Green New Deal, which Bennet has criticized as unrealistic.

The Real Deal would cost $6 Trillion, and focused specifically on ending poverty, while also addressing a variety of generational issues such as affordable housing, college and climate change. Unlike one candidate in the race, Bennet actually had a way to pay for his plan. Unlike another candidate in the race, Bennet's plan to pay for his platform was realistic.

I'm not going to into each policy proposal in depth here - I'll be saving that for later effort posts. Right now, I'll just list each basic policy with Bullet points.

Ending Poverty

• Expanding the Child Tax Credit to $3,600/child under 6 and $3,000/children under 18

• Expand the Earned Income Tax credit for workers without children to $3,000

• Paid Medical Leave

• $15 minimum wage, with exceptions for rural areas and small businesses (THIS IS GOOD)

Climate Change

• Bennet has a plan guided by Five Principles

  • Reduce Emissions while Increasing Job Opportunities

    • This is the closest Bennet comes to directly supporting a carbon tax in his platform, although he does generally support it.

  • Conserve Resources to improve economic opportunities for the people working our lands

    • Focuses on the agricultural aspect of addressing Climate Change

  • Invest in Infrastructure, Innovation and Science

    • The Climate Bank - Arguably the best part of Bennet's plan

  • Empower People and Governments to address Climate Change

    • Climate-X

  • Promote Climate Security at Home and Abroad

Education

• Free Universal Preschool ought to be prioritized over free college

• Making Community College Free (This is something many community colleges in CO are on the path too)

• Expand Career programs in High School and College

  • This is an indirect way of addressing issues with Occupational Licensing

• Data Driven Regional Opportunity Grants

  • These prioritize community-based partnerships with community leaders, school districts, non-profits, unions, business leaders, and local government leaders to improve education quality.

• Graduate high school with the ability to earn a living wage, not just the minimum wage

• Making Public College's Debt Free

Housing - Michael Bennet Is a YIMBY

• BUILD MORE HOUSING

  • specifically, affordable housing near good jobs

• Support Transit-Oriented Development

• Reduce Exclusionary Housing Policy that Stifles Opportunity and Segregates Communities

• Bennet For Density

  • "We will provide financing support to multi-family developments that help increase density in areas of opportunity by supporting new financing tools through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Private Activity Bonds. These tools will be designed to help raise capital for private projects that support underserved populations or regions."

• Expand Voucher Programs

• Reform Current Housing Tax Incentives

Healthcare

• Public Option through Medicare-X

• Instead of simply allowing the Federal Gov to negotiate drug prices, Bennet wants to require the gov to do this.

• Increase the tax credit for individuals earning less than 400% of the federal poverty line

• End “pay for delay” and monopolistic tactics that keep affordable generic drugs off the market.

  • Competition is good

• Bennet had solutions for the COVID-19 Crisis before Bennet knew about COVID-19

  • Increase funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by 40% by 2025

  • Invest in innovative care solutions, such as telemedicine and remote patient monitoring.

Trade - Michael Bennet Is Not a Protectionist

DEMOCRATS CANNOT BE AN ANTI-TRADE PARTY.Simply offering a list of grievances will not improve global trade practices or create opportunity for working Americans. We need to lead the work of lifting up standards for trade around the world and opening up export opportunities for American farmers, businesses, and workers. In this way, we can better distribute the benefits of trade.

• Create a Trade Opportunity Fund

• Trade War BAD

• Supports TPP and other trade deals

Thank you for coming to my first effortpost of what may be many - I will continue to post these daily until I get my own personal Michael Bennet flair.

Here's my planned schedule of Michael Bennet related topics, for the next two weeks

If I reach Day 50, I will post a line by line analysis of Michael Bennet's speech ripping into Ted Cruz.

Give me my Michael Bennet Flair mods, I'm not gonna back down