Bernard Sanders — GovTally

Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Agriculture 1 Economy & Taxes 1 Education 1 Elections & Voting 1 Government Operations & Budget 1 Healthcare 1 Labor & Employment 1 Social Services & Welfare 1 Technology & Privacy 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 1), VT current Vermont	Independent	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2031	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), VT Vermont	Independent	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), VT Vermont	Independent	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), VT Vermont	Independent	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2013	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Independent	Jan 4, 2005	Jan 3, 2007	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Independent	Jan 7, 2003	Jan 3, 2005	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Independent	Jan 3, 2001	Jan 3, 2003	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Independent	Jan 6, 1999	Jan 3, 2001	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Independent	Jan 7, 1997	Jan 3, 1999	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Independent	Jan 4, 1995	Jan 3, 1997	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Independent	Jan 5, 1993	Jan 3, 1995	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Independent	Jan 3, 1991	Jan 3, 1993	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Finance — Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Health Care unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS Oversight unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Education and the American Family — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Employment and Workplace Safety — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement Security — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.545, social dim. -0.427. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Confirmation: Jason Reding Quinones, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida	Nay	Aug 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jason Reding Quinones to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida	Nay	Aug 2, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See	Nay	Aug 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Burch to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See	Nay	Aug 2, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Andrew Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of…	Nay	Aug 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrew Puzder to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of…	Not voting	Aug 2, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Nicholas Kent, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Education	Nay	Aug 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Woll, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development	Not voting	Aug 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luigi Rinaldi, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay	Not voting	Aug 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Mullin Amdt. No. 3412	Nay	Aug 1, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Aug 1, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Collins Amdt. No. 3411, as amended	Nay	Aug 1, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Johnson Amdt. No. 3428	Nay	Aug 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Scott (FL) Amdt. No. 3113, as modified	Nay	Aug 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Kennedy Amdt. No. 3414	Nay	Aug 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 3466	Yea	Aug 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 3115	Yea	Aug 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Murphy Amdt. No. 3447	Yea	Aug 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Points of Order Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 3114	Yea	Aug 1, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luigi Rinaldi to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Oriental…	Nay	Aug 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Nesvik, of Wyoming, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service	Nay	Aug 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Casey Mulligan, of Illinois, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration	Nay	Aug 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Nesvik to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service	Nay	Aug 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Kent to be Under Secretary of Education	Nay	Jul 31, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Woll to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development	Nay	Jul 31, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $2,198,726. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 81 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Corporate PAC	59	$909,332	41%
Big donor	22	$70,157	3%
Unclassified	919	$1,219,237	55%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$499,145	ACTBLUE	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	unclassified	Sep 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$32,296	VERMONT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Oct 19, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$23,801	M&T BANK	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Oct 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$23,599	M&T BANK	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Aug 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$23,497	M&T BANK	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Jul 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$23,132	M&T BANK	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Nov 28, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$22,543	M&T BANK	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Jul 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$22,424	M&T BANK	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Aug 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$22,410	M&T BANK	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$21,991	M&T BANK	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Oct 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$21,782	M&T BANK	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$21,723	M&T BANK	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Dec 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$21,368	M&T BANK	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Nov 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$21,196	M&T BANK	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Sep 29, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$20,971	VERMONT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION	FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Stated positions

A politician's own words on an issue, normalized from source documents. AI-normalized The quote is verbatim from the linked source.

Healthcare Support Jan 20, 2026

“I will not rest until everyone in America is guaranteed health care as a fundamental human right, not a privilege, through a Medicare for All, single-payer system.”

Bernie Sanders advocates for a Medicare for All, single-payer system to guarantee health care as a fundamental human right.

Endorsement source: Office of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)