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Colorado: Mark Begich

March 18, 2009 - 06:13 pm
NEWS FEED: Colorado Independent

Udall, Bennet join Blue Dog group of ‘moderate’ Democratic senators

By Ernest Luning

Colorado’s two freshman senators, Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, are part of a self-described centrist group of 15 Democrats meeting regularly “seeking to restrain the influence of party liberals in the White House and on Capitol Hill,” according to an account in Roll Call (subscription required).

The group has a “shared commitment to pursue moderate, mainstream and fiscally sustainable policies across a range of issues, such as health care reform, the housing crisis, educational reform, and energy policy,” according to a statement issued Wednesday by the group.

Sen. Evan Bayh, an Indiana Democrat, announced the group’s formation on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program Wednesday morning but

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March 18, 2009 - 04:53 pm
NEWS FEED: ColoradoPols.com

Udall, Bennet Join Moderate Caucus Thingy

By Colorado Pols

Democratic Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet announced today in a joint press release that they are now officially part of a moderate working group/coalition/thingy called "The Moderate Dems Working Group." According to the announcement:
The Moderate Dems Working Group will meet every other Tuesday before the Democratic Caucus lunch to discuss legislative strategies and ideas. The Moderate Dems held their second meeting Tuesday to focus on the upcoming budget negotiations and the importance of passing a fiscally responsible spending plan in the Senate.

Leading the new group are Democratic Senators Evan Bayh of Indiana, Tom Carper of Delaware and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas.

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March 10, 2009 - 02:08 pm
NEWS FEED: Colorado Independent

Udall: Point man in the Obama revolution

By John Tomasic

Colorado freshman Sen. and Deputy Whip Mark Udall is a pivotal figure in the intended Obama revolution, according to a profile fronting today’s Congressional Quarterly. Udall’s tall-order task is to help Obama succeed where Ronald Reagan failed by getting the record-breaking number of majority party newcomers in the senate to support the president’s agenda without alienating the moderate voters who elected them.

The list of newcomers Udall is tasked with wrangling includes two fellow Democrats — the other senator from Colorado, Michael Bennet, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s replacement; and Udall’s first cousin, Tom, from New Mexico.

Although Mark Begich of Alaska is the only freshman Democrat from a state that voted for Republican John McCain in November, five of the new Democratic senators were elected in states carried by George W.

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February 6, 2009 - 10:46 am
NEWS FEED: ColoradoPols.com

Udall, Bennet Talk Stimulus Goals

By Colorado Pols

In general terms yesterday, as the Pueblo Chieftain reports:
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is getting his political baptism this week as he takes part in a bipartisan group of senators working to whittle down the $800-$900 billion stimulus package that President Barack Obama is calling for Congress to finish quickly.

Bennet, a Democrat, has joined with Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., in working behind closed doors with about 20 other senators in trying to trim some $100 billion out of the pending legislation in order to win more bipartisan support. That group is being led by Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and Susan Collins, R-Maine.

Bennet, 44, came to the Senate from his previous job as superintendent of Denver schools.

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