Senator · Vermont

Peter Welch

Peter Welch is a Democratic senator from Vermont, in Congress since 2007. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 53, and cast 774 of 799 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 4, 2007
Term ends
Jan 3, 2029
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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 CongressSenate9155.8%53 of 915 · rank 10 of 10197%774 of 799 · rank 69 of 101850 became law21%134 of 647
118th CongressSenate6911.4%10 of 691 · rank 73 of 101100%529 of 530 · rank 6 of 101930 became law12%77 of 637
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9971.8%18 of 997 · rank 147 of 44399%568 of 571 · rank 78 of 443310 became law6%40 of 656

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 −1−0.40+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. H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Yea
    Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 71–29· Against party
  2. S. 2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
    Oct 9, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 51–46· 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. 7606: Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022Nay
    Jun 16, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 221–204· Against party
  5. H.R. 4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021Yea
    Feb 3, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 279–153· Against party
  6. H.R. 4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021Yea
    Feb 3, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 264–163· 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 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
  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 2026Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
  9. H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Yea
    Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
  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.

209 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced19895%
  2. Passed one chamber115.3%

Policy areas

  1. Agriculture and Food48
  2. Energy24
  3. Health20
  4. International Affairs16
  5. Armed Forces and National Security10
  6. Environmental Protection10
  7. Science, Technology, Communications10
  8. Commerce9

Latest activity

  1. S.Res. 941 A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of October 24, 2026, to October 31, 2026, as "Bat Week".
    Passed one chamber· Sep 30, 2026
  2. S. 5525 Banning Toxics from Plastic Bottles Act of 2026
    Introduced· Environmental Protection· Sep 24, 2026
  3. S. 5472 Supporting Small Affordable Housing Developers Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Sep 23, 2026
  4. S. 5434 American Renewable Energy Act of 2026
    Introduced· Energy· Sep 17, 2026
  5. S. 5281 Consumer Advocacy and Protection Act of 2026
    Introduced· Commerce· Aug 6, 2026
  6. S. 5159 STRONG GRID Act of 2026
    Introduced· Energy· Jul 29, 2026
  7. S. 5122 Inclusive Democracy Act of 2026
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jul 23, 2026
  8. S. 5074 Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act
    Introduced· Energy· Jul 22, 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
$218.7K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.6M
From committees
$43.5K
17 committees
From contractor PACs
$7,000
4 PACs · 16% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
dairy farmers of america, inc.dairy farmers of america, inc. political action committee; aka dfa-pac$2,500DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$3.3M
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$2,500INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280
international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee$1,000INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization—
american psychological association services inc. (apasi)psychology pac of american psychological association services inc.$1,000AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$710.8K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$218.7K$43.5K$7,0004 PACs · 16% of committee money
2024$9,423$40.8K$3,0003 PACs · 7% of committee money
2022$291.9K$1.2M$131.5K28 PACs · 11% 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, 2023 – Jan 3, 2029
  2. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  3. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  4. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  5. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  6. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  7. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  8. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  9. House · Vermont (at large)Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
www.welch.senate.gov
Phone
202-224-4242
Office
115 Russell 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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.