Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress

Robert F. Bennett

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · UtahSenate 1993–2011

Robert Bennett was a Republican U.S. senator from Utah, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 8 bills that became law (103rd–111th Congress).

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120Bills & resolutions sponsored103rd–111th Congress (excludes amendments)

18Passed a chamberof 120 bills & resolutions sponsored

8Became law8 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 103rd–111th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

S. 4047 FAST Deployment Act of 2010
Dec 17, 2010 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S. 1719 Wasatch-Cache National Forest Land Conveyance Act of 2010
Aug 5, 2010 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 529.
S. 3536 SAFER AIR Act of 2010
Jun 28, 2010 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5486)
S. 3385 American Energy and Western Jobs Act
May 19, 2010 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S. 1546 Box Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act
Apr 21, 2010 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-566.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Sen. Bennett has won

Sen. Bennett has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1992, 1998, 2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 15.7 to 40.3 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won3 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 15.7 points1992, UT Senate

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 3 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Utah Senate (class 3)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: Edwin Garn (R) 1980–1986 → Robert Bennett (R) 1992–2004 → Mike Lee (R) 2010–2022. The seat is next on the ballot in 2028.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Utah done while Sen. Bennett served?

2005 to 2010 in Utah: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.0 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.0 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

Utah: $77.4K in 2005 → $79.2K in 2010

Utah about the sameU.S. down 3%

Share of people below the poverty line

Utah: 10.2% in 2005 → 13.2% in 2010

Utah up 3.0 pointsU.S. up 2.0 points

Share of workers looking for a job

Utah: 5.3% in 2005 → 9.3% in 2010

Utah up 4.0 pointsU.S. up 3.9 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Utah during Bennett’s time representing it (1993 to 2011). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Survey years start at 2005. The yearly estimates for Utah begin in 2005, so 1993 to 2004 are not shown. No 2020 yearly estimate exists.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 22 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	22	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	2	See the 2 →
With a committee report listed	2	See the 2 →
With a Congress.gov note	2	See the 2 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.