March 04, 2010 03:55 AM UTC

Senator Bennet's Reform Announcement

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• by: botw

Senator Bennet is taking on some major, new issues to start an election year, and they are aimed right at his fellow Members.

This morning on the Senate floor, Senator Bennet announced his “Plan for Washington Reform.” Among other things, it would (a) ban Members of Congress from ever becoming lobbyists, (b) ban earmarks to private, for-profit companies, (c) require disclosure of earmark requests, (d) remove the health care subsidy for Members of Congress until health care reform passes, (e) freeze congressional pay until the economy shows 4 quarters of job growth, (f) reform filibuster rules to, among other things, require filibuster-ers to show up and vote, and (g) remove the ability to make an anonymous hold on a nomination.

Last night, Senator Bennet was interviewed on Rachel Maddow about health care and these reforms: