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Romanoff to Big Oil: Pay for damages

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | MAY 20, 2010 | ROMANOFF FOR COLORADO

Senate Candidate Proposes Lifting Cap on Corporate Liability

U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff called on Congress to force oil spillers like British Petroleum, Anadarko and Mitsui to pay for the damages they caused in the Gulf of Mexico, by lifting the cap that limits corporate liability to $75 million.

“We are facing one of the worst economic and environmental disasters in American history,” Romanoff said. “The companies responsible for this catastrophe – not the taxpayers who suffer from it – should foot the bill.”

Wall Street, Main Street dividing line deepens

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | MAY 11, 2010 | ROMANOFF FOR COLORADO 

Derivatives Vote – Latest Chance to Choose Sides

Facing an imminent vote on the regulation of derivatives, Senators must weigh their allegiance to Wall Street against the interests of their constituents.  These highly leveraged deals are done in private, making it impossible to limit the predatory behavior of the banks. Andrew Romanoff has repeatedly called for derivatives to be traded on an open exchange to ensure transparency. His primary opponent has not.

Sen. Bennet votes to keep banks “too big to fail”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | MAY 7, 2010 | ROMANOFF FOR COLORADO

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet has voted against the Brown-Kaufman amendment which would cap the size and power of “too big to fail” megabanks largely responsible for the financial meltdown.

As an amendment to the financial reform bill, Brown-Kaufman would force the nation’s six largest banks (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley – all contributors to Sen. Bennet) to dramatically downsize, limiting their self-serving powers, their sway over world markets, and their ability to leverage - all which will lessen risk and volatility as a whole. Read More

Rasmussen Poll: Romanoff gains

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | MAY 6, 2010 | ROMANOFF FOR COLORADO

Rasmussen Poll: Romanoff gains on Norton;
Bennet loses ground despite million-dollar ad buy

The findings in Rasmussen Reports’ May 3rd survey of Colorado general election voters breaks the back of the cynical, but fading assumption that this U.S. Senate seat can be purchased. After spending more than a million dollars on a statewide television buy, Michael Bennet has lost ground on Jane Norton while, Andrew Romanoff has cut her lead by more than a third. In matchups against Ken Buck, the identical trend continues. As well, Romanoff boasts the highest favorable ratings in the race with significant potential to go higher, while Bennet, who has the highest unfavorables, has a limited universe to sway otherwise.  

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Romanoff Renews Call for Audit of the Federal Reserve

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | MAY 5, 2010 | ROMANOFF FOR COLORADO

U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff today renewed his call for an independent audit of the Federal Reserve. His Democratic opponent voted against this proposal last year.

“A bipartisan majority of the House voted to require the General Accounting Office to audit the Federal Reserve,” Romanoff said. “This week, the Senate has a chance to do the same. I support this step.” Romanoff underlined the case he first made in March. “The Federal Reserve’s regulatory power stretches from Wall Street to Main Street,” he said. “Indeed, the effects of the Fed’s decisions ripple across the globe.” Read More

Romanoff calls for comprehensive immigration reform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | APR. 27, 2010 | ROMANOFF FOR COLORADO

U.S. Senate Candidate Andrew Romanoff today issued the following statement:

The passage of Senate Bill 1070 marks a terrifying turn of events, not only for Arizona but for the United States as a whole. Anyone who lives in or visits Arizona may now be stopped if a law-enforcement official has "reasonable suspicion" to believe that he or she is unlawfully present.

As the son and grandson of immigrants -- and as an American -- I am outraged by this decision. Arizona's new law invites racial profiling and puts police officers themselves in an impossible position, by requiring them, in effect, to violate the rights of citizens they are sworn to protect.

This law is unwise, unsafe and unconstitutional. Indeed, it is un-American.

Romanoff on Goldman Sachs: An indicted firm is no place to turn for campaign contributions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | APR. 19, 2010 | ROMANOFF FOR COLORADO

The Securities and Exchange Commission last week took the first step toward cleaning up Wall Street.  It's time to do the same in Washington.

As Goldman Sachs received billions in taxpayer-funded bailouts, it was simultaneously betting against the American people. Goldmanplayed both sides of the housing market, selling mortgage-backed securities designed to fail — and then profiting from their failure.  The SEC finally summoned the courage to call Goldman's double-dealing by its proper name: fraud.

Romanoff touts trade proposals in Springs visit

4/15/2010 - Colorado Springs Gazette - Tom Roeder - On Wednesday, Neppl hosted Colorado senate hopeful Andrew Romanoff, who is trying to unseat appointed incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet in the Democratic primary.

“The Republicans weren’t listening,” Neppl said after showing Romanoff through the Springs Fabrication Inc. plant off Powers Boulevard.

Romanoff joins a growing group of Democrats and Republicans who are wary of the continued trade imbalance with China. Read More

Romanoff tops Bennet in “Super Saturday” assemblies

4/10/2010 - Denver Post - Lynn Bartels - Hundreds of Democrats and Republicans packed their county assemblies today, munching free doughnuts and cheering on their favorite candidates.

Billed as "Super Saturday" because so many large counties meet on the same day, the biggest drama was in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary where delegates voted for either Michael Bennet or Andrew Romanoff.

Romanoff beat Bennet during the caucuses in March and continued the trend today. Read More

Romanoff beats Bennet at county Democratic assembly

4/10/2010 - Colorado Springs Gazette - Former Colorado House speaker Andrew Romanoff beat U.S. Senate incumbent Michael Bennet in today's delegate vote at the El Paso County Democratic Party assembly, a reversal of the results in caucus voting last month.

Romanoff received 307 votes, or about 53 percent of the 579 votes cast, compared with 251 votes for Bennet. Twenty-one delegates were uncommitted.

That was a turnaround from a straw poll conducted at county caucus meetings in March, when Bennet got 568 votes and Romanoff received 456. Read More

Romanoff Rocks on ‘Super Saturday’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | APR. 10, 2010 | ROMANOFF FOR COLORADO

U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff swept the major counties holding Democratic assemblies today, the "Super Saturday" when more than 70 percent of the delegates to the state Democratic assembly are being selected.

Gaining 14 points from his performance in the statewide precinct caucuses in March, Romanoff took El Paso County, 55 percent to 45 percent. Romanoff also moved Boulder County into his column and extended his lead in Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson and Pueblo counties. Read More

Summit Dems lean toward Romanoff

04/07/2010 - Summit Daily News - Julie Sutor - U.S. Senate candidate for Colorado Andrew Romanoff has a significant edge over incumbent U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet among local Democrats.

The Summit County Democrats held their county assembly Monday night, when they selected delegates to send to the Colorado State Democratic Assembly May 22. Eleven of Summit's 30 delegates have pledged their support for Bennet, who was appointed to serve the remainder of Ken Salazar's term when Salazar took over the U.S. Department of the Interior; 19 Summit delegates favor Romanoff, former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. Read More

Romanoff: I’ll Fight for Net Neutrality

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | APR. 6, 2010 | ROMANOFF FOR COLORADO
U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff released the following statement on today's "net neutrality" ruling by a federal appeals court:

Today’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Comcast v. FCC hurts consumers – especially those in rural and other underserved areas. When I am in the U.S. Senate, I will fight to protect consumers, promote competition and preserve Internet neutrality. Read More

Romanoff leads Bennet in Chaffee County Assembly

04/05/2010 - The Mountain Mail - Paul Goetz - Preference polls resulted in 17 votes for incumbent U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and 25 votes for challenger Andrew Romanoff during the Chaffee County Democratic Assembly at Salida High School Saturday.

Chaffee County Democrats will send 15 delegates to the state assembly in Broomfield May 22. Six delegates will represent Bennet and nine Romanoff.

Dan Slater, first vice chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party, and several attendees spoke on behalf of Romanoff.  Read More

Romanoff gains in Democrats’ race for Senate

04/04/2010 - Grand Junction Sentinel - Gary Harmon - Andrew Romanoff spokesman Dean Toda said Romanoff was grateful for the increased support, adding, “The trend is clear: Romanoff has improved his standing in 18 of the 21 Colorado counties reporting results from their Democratic assemblies.”

Romanoff pitched himself as an outsider who will take on a “Congress corrupted by corporate cash.”

It’s not enough to blame Republicans because, “We’re in charge now,” Romanoff told the Democrats as he vowed to take no political-action-committee money.

If he wins, “I’ll owe my seat to you,” not big-money contributors, he said.

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Romanoff: Respect Every Voter

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | APR. 4, 2010 | ROMANOFF FOR COLORADO

The campaign of U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff said today he would win a spot on the primary ballot by earning support from assembly delegates, despite the opposition's decision to dismiss such voters as unrepresentative of Colorado Democrats.

"We respect every voter -- including the 23,000 Democrats who attended the precinct caucuses last month," Romanoff campaign manager Bill Romjue said. "We are grateful to everyone who participated in that process -- and proud to have won the caucuses, despite the barrage of corporate cash aimed against us." Read More

Locals add own flavor to Clear Creek assembly

04/02/2010 - The Colorado Statesman - Ernest Luning - Like many of the Democrats gathered at the Clear Creek County assembly in Idaho Springs last weekend, Randy Wheelock has worn a lot of hats over the years. A past member of the school board and former city councilman, Wheelock used to co-chair the county Democratic Party along with his wife, Eileen, and this year he’s running the party’s get-out-the-vote operation in the mountain county west of Denver. So when he rose to urge delegates to support former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, who is challenging U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in a primary, Wheelock didn’t have to read from a brochure.
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Romanoff Gains Strength in County Assemblies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | MAR. 27, 2010 | ROMANOFF FOR COLORADO

Drawing the lion's share of previously undecided delegates and making inroads among supporters of his primary opponent, U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff gained strength in the first round of county Democratic assemblies held today in Colorado.

Romanoff, an 8-point winner in the straw poll conducted in statewide precinct caucuses on March 16, increased his lead over Sen. Michael Bennet as the counting of delegates began today.

In Adams County, Romanoff turned a 4-percentage-point win in the caucuses into a 260-162 lead in delegates, a 23-percentage-point victory.  Read More

Romanoff Hails Bill to Curb Filibusters

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | MAR. 24, 2010 | ROMANOFF FOR COLORADO

U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff praised Sen. Frank Lautenberg today for introducing a bill requiring filibustering senators to actually come to the Senate chamber and debate.

"A handful of senators can paralyze progress merely by threatening a filibuster," Romanoff said. "This bill will call their bluff." Read More

Will Romanoff’s Move Put the Public Option Back On the Table?

03/19/2010 - David Sirota - The big news this afternoon was Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) abandoning his previous promise to offer an amendment to the Senate health care bill adding a public option into the bill. This amendment would need only 51 votes, as the public option reduces the deficit (by a lot) and therefore is in order for reconciliation. Sanders announcement that he is backing down to the Senate Democratic leadership and White House aides who cut a deal with hospital/drug lobbyists to kill the public option seemed to suggest the public option is dead. That is, until Colorado Senate Democratic candidate Andrew Romanoff tonight just issued a statement that will put significant pressure on his primary opponent, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), to offer the amendment instead: Read More