Senator Bernard Sanders
Independent · VT (Senate) · Senate Democratic Outreach Chair
Basics
- Chamber
- senate
- Party
- Independent
- State
- VT
- Class
- —
- Rank
- senior
Contact & office
- Office
- 332 Dirksen Senate Office Building
- Address
- 332 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Identifiers
- Bioguide
- S000033
- OSID
- N00000528
- C-SPAN
- 994
- PVS
- —
Committees
- Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight (Member)
- Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety (Member)
- Education and the American Family (Ex Officio)
- Employment and Workplace Safety (Ex Officio)
- Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water (Member)
- Health Care (Member)
- Primary Health and Retirement Security (Ex Officio)
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (Member)
- Senate Committee on Finance (Member)
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Ranking Member)
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Member)
- Senate Committee on the Budget (Member)
- Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy (Ranking Member)
- Taxation and IRS Oversight (Member)
Sponsored bills (recent)
- S. 3622 — SERVE Act · 2026-01-13
- S. 2954 — Health Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2025 · 2025-09-30
- S. 2819 — Head Start for America’s Children Act · 2025-09-16
- S. 2818 — Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2025 · 2025-09-16
- S. 2763 — Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act · 2025-09-10
- S.J.Res. 70 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export of certain defense articles to Israel. · 2025-07-28
- S. 2481 — Pay Teachers Act · 2025-07-28
- S. 2458 — Employee Ownership Financing Act · 2025-07-24
- S. 2444 — End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025 · 2025-07-24
- S. 2335 — Pensions for All Act · 2025-07-17
Votes (recent)
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United Stat… · Nay · 2026-02-04
- On the Nomination PN726-2: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri · Nay · 2026-02-04
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United Stat… · Nay · 2026-02-04
- On the Nomination PN726-12: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska · Nay · 2026-02-04
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United Stat… · Nay · 2026-02-03
- On the Nomination PN726-6: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas · Nay · 2026-02-03
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States … · Nay · 2026-02-03
- On the Nomination PN726-5: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas · Nay · 2026-02-03
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be Un… · Nay · 2026-02-02
- H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 · Nay · 2026-01-30
District / state context
- Population
- 643816
- Median income
- 74014
- Poverty rate
- 10.4
- State
- Vermont
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