Senator · Vermont

Bernard Sanders

Bernard Sanders is a independent senator from Vermont, in Congress since 1991. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 64, and cast 777 of 779 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Independent
Caucuses with the Democrats
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 1991
Term ends
Jan 3, 2031
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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate9157.0%64 of 915 · rank 5 of 101100%777 of 779 · rank 33 of 101560 became law7%32 of 477
118th CongressSenate6919.6%66 of 691 · rank 16 of 10196%462 of 482 · rank 67 of 101500 became law5%25 of 495
117th CongressSenate9499.4%89 of 949 · rank 9 of 10097%671 of 690 · rank 55 of 100360 became law7%34 of 455

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.55+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. S. 2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
    Oct 9, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 53–43· Against party
  2. H.R. 7463: Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024Yea
    Feb 29, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 37–53· Against party
  3. H.R. 815: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Nay
    Feb 13, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 70–29· Against party
  4. H.R. 815: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Nay
    Feb 12, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 66–33· Against party
  5. H.R. 4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024Yea
    Nov 1, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 46–51· Against party
  6. H.R. 3746: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023Nay
    Jun 1, 2023· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 63–36· Against party
  7. H.R. 4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021Nay
    Mar 28, 2022· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 68–28· Against party
  8. S. 1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021Nay
    Jun 8, 2021· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 68–32· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22· Against party
  2. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
  5. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23· Against party
  9. H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Nay
    Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6· Against party
  10. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11· Against party
  11. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
  12. S.Res. 817: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.Nay
    Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

142 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced12890%
  2. Reported by committee96.3%
  3. Passed one chamber32.1%
  4. Passed both chambers21.4%

Policy areas

  1. International Affairs32
  2. Health24
  3. Labor and Employment15
  4. Taxation15
  5. Armed Forces and National Security9
  6. Education8
  7. Environmental Protection5
  8. Social Welfare5

Latest activity

  1. S. 5493 Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act of 2026
    Introduced· Sep 23, 2026
  2. S. 5456 Stop Social Security Garnishment Act of 2026
    Introduced· Education· Sep 22, 2026
  3. S. 5384 Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act
    Introduced· Sep 14, 2026
  4. S. 5284 Green New Deal for Public Housing Act
    Introduced· Housing and Community Development· Aug 6, 2026
  5. S. 5280 Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act
    Introduced· Labor and Employment· Aug 6, 2026
  6. S. 5185 Audit the Pentagon Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jul 30, 2026
  7. S. 5026 Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act of 2026
    Reported by committee· Health· Jul 28, 2026
  8. S. 4825 American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Jun 18, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$24.9M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$22.8M
From committees
-$5,000
0 committees
From contractor PACs
$0
0 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$24.9M-$5,000$00 PACs · — of committee money
2024$8.2M$95.6K$00 PACs · 0% of committee money
2022$15.3M$0$00 PACs · — of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · VermontJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2031
  2. Senate · VermontJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. Senate · VermontJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019
  4. Senate · VermontJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2013
  5. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
  6. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  7. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  8. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  9. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999
  10. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 1997
  11. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 1995
  12. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 3, 1993

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
www.sanders.senate.gov
Phone
202-224-5141
Office
332 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Contact form
Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.