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Peter Welch

U.S. Senator (Class 3), VT

Democratic Vermont since Jan 3, 2023

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 3), VT current
Vermont
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2029 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Vermont current
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 1, 2030 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large
Vermont
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large
Vermont
Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large
Vermont
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large
Vermont
Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL
United States
Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large
Vermont
Democratic Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL
United States
Democratic Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large
Vermont
Democratic Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL
United States
Democratic Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large
Vermont
Democratic Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL
United States
Democratic Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large
Vermont
Democratic Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.400, social dim. -0.406. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
SJRES 33 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain… Yea Apr 3, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Nay Apr 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Dean Sauer, of Missouri, to be Solicitor General of the United States Nay Apr 3, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 24 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Nay Apr 3, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 24 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Nay Apr 2, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 37 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada. Yea Apr 2, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Harmeet Dhillon to be an Assistant Attorney General Nay Apr 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Dean Sauer to be Solicitor General of the United States Nay Apr 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Whitaker, of Iowa, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty… Nay Apr 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Whitaker, to be U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Nay Mar 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Paul Lawrence, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Nay Mar 27, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Paul Lawrence to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Nay Mar 27, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 18 — A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very… Nay Mar 27, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 18 — A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very… Nay Mar 26, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 25 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue… Nay Mar 26, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 25 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue… Nay Mar 26, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael Faulkender, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Nay Mar 26, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Faulkender to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Nay Mar 26, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Reitz, of Texas, to be an Assistant Attorney General Nay Mar 26, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Reitz to be an Assistant Attorney General Nay Mar 26, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget Nay Mar 26, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: James Bishop to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget Nay Mar 25, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Martin Makary, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs Nay Mar 25, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Martin Makary to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs Nay Mar 25, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jayanta Bhattacharya, of California, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health Nay Mar 25, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

945 recorded contributions totalling $393,210. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 433 of 945 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 25 $170,512 43%
Big donor 9 $26,300 7%
Small-dollar 399 $13,947 4%
Unclassified 512 $182,451 46%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$40,996 WELCH FOR CONGRESS WELCH FOR VERMONT unclassified Feb 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$13,843 RAYMOND JAMES WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,112 RAYMOND JAMES WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC Oct 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$9,515 RAYMOND JAMES WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$9,423 WELCH FOR CONGRESS WELCH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Feb 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$9,018 RAYMOND JAMES WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC Nov 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$8,437 RAYMOND JAMES WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC Jan 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,792 RAYMOND JAMES WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,690 RAYMOND JAMES WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,607 RAYMOND JAMES WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,680 RAYMOND JAMES WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC Apr 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,605 RAYMOND JAMES WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC May 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,354 BLUE STATE DIGITAL WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,217 RAYMOND JAMES WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC Nov 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,045 RAYMOND JAMES WELCH FOR VERMONT Corporate PAC Aug 31, 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 (1 as lead sponsor)

  • SRES 767 US · Jun 11, 2026
    A resolution celebrating the historic significance of the 2026 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup and welcoming the…

Social media

Recent posts

  • On Juneteenth, we celebrate those who refused back down in the fight for freedom in one of our nation's darkest chapters, and remind ourselves to keep building on the opportunities promised by the founding of this country.
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  • Last month, Congressman Dave Min and I opened an investigation to determine if President Trump has been dishing out pay-for-play pardons. Now, we’re directly requesting information from Trump Administration officials to help uncover the truth.
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  • Mohsen Mahdawi is in America legally. And yet he was arrested by the Trump Administration for peacefully advocating for Palestinians, something millions of Americans—including myself—have done. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DV7sWZhVPPE
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  • ICE agents stormed in and arrested him after he said he's be willing to protect the Constitution
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  • Mohsen Mahdawi was asked on his final citizenship interview whether he would be willing to protect and defend the Constitution. Within seconds of saying yes, ICE agents stormed in, arrested him, handcuffed his wrists and chained his feet, and threw him in a cell.
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  • He was arrested because he advocated for Palestinians
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  • Senator Welch, Knight Institute Host Press Conference on Threats to Free Speech and Immigration Law
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  • Welch Speaks in Support of Vote to Demand Honduras Human Rights Report
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  • An update on my investigation with Congressman Min into President Trump’s pardons. https://bit.ly/4etJ1RS
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  • Trump pardon investigation update
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  • Because of President Trump’s war, farmers are spending at least $350 more per day on fuel for a full run of just one tractor.
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  • Trump corruption of the day: his UFC cage fight at the White House. www.youtube.com/shorts/ko9sI...
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