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Bernard Sanders

U.S. Senator (Class 1), VT

Independent Vermont since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

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

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

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
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

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)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Confirmation: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense Nay Jan 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense Nay Jan 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Nay Jan 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Ratcliffe to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Nay Jan 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 6 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Nay Jan 22, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense Nay Jan 21, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session Nay Jan 21, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State Yea Jan 20, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Nay Jan 20, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Ernst Amdt No. 8, As Amended Nay Jan 20, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Nay Jan 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Coons Amdt. No. 23 Yea Jan 15, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Cornyn Amdt. No. 14 Nay Jan 15, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Nay Jan 13, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Nay Jan 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed 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 typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 59 $909,332 41%
Big donor 22 $70,157 3%
Unclassified 919 $1,219,237 55%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$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.

Sponsored legislation (4 as lead sponsor)

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)

Social media

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