Member of Congress · 119th Congress
Bernard Sanders
Bernie Sanders is an Independent U.S. senator from Vermont, in Congress since 1991, who has had 2 bills become law since 2013.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- NayOn the Nomination — Nomination voteSep 30, 2026 · Nomination Confirmed
- NayOn the Cloture Motion — Nomination voteSep 30, 2026 · Cloture Motion Agreed to
- NayOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Ratepayer Protection ActSep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
- NayOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Stop Insider Trading ActSep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
- YeaOn the Motion to Discharge — A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.Sep 29, 2026 · Motion to Discharge Rejected
5 most recent bills
- S. 5493 Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act of 2026Sep 23, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- S. 5456 Stop Social Security Garnishment Act of 2026Sep 22, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 5384 Thirty-Two Hour Workweek ActSep 14, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S. 5284 Green New Deal for Public Housing ActAug 6, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- S. 5280 Guaranteed Paid Vacation ActAug 6, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 893 (113th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013Became law
- H.R. 5245 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Marble Street in Fair Haven, Vermont, as the "Matthew Lyon Post Office Building".Became law
- S. 885 (113th) A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 Park Street in Danville, Vermont, as the "Thaddeus Stevens Post Office".Became law
- S. 4776 (118th) Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 129 (104th) Granting the consent of Congress to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 837 (118th) An original resolution authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the report of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate…Passed a chamber
- S.J.Res. 7 (116th) A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.Passed a chamber
- S.J.Res. 54 (115th) A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Committees
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksSubcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife
- Senate Committee on FinanceSubcommittee on Health Care, Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Ranking MemberSubcommittee on Education and the American Family, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsNo subcommittees
- Senate Committee on the BudgetNo subcommittees
Elections Sen. Sanders has won
Sen. Sanders has won 8 U.S. House elections (1990–2004) and 4 U.S. Senate elections (2006, 2012, 2018, 2024). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.3 to 50.9 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Vermont done while Sen. Sanders served?
2007 to 2024 in Vermont: typical household income was up 9% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.4 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Vermont during Sanders’s time representing it (2007 to now). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Vermont’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Local offices
Offices in the district or state, as listed in a public-domain community file. The Washington office is in the Contact section above.
- Burlington office1 Church St., 3rd Floor, Burlington, VT 05401
Phone 802-862-0697 · Fax 802-860-6370 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
Evidence
- File
- legislators-district-offices-2026-09-24-8d698e92.json, entries S000033-burlington (1 office)
- Published at
- https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-district-offices.json
- File date
- September 24, 2026 (server “last modified”)
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- File SHA-256
8d698e92f8ebae3bdd387bfef239584164160e59d444ba1cbff46f32aa450f59- Licence
- CC0 1.0 (public domain)
Read this first. This list is kept up by volunteers and may be out of date. Confirm hours and addresses on the member’s official site, www.sanders.senate.gov.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
119th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 56 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 56 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 25, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 119th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 25, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Votes on civilian nominations
237 confirmation roll calls this senator was on the roll for, 119th Congress. A tally of what the record shows, not a score.
- Nay · September 30, 2026 · Keith Sonderling Secretary of Labor
- Nay · September 23, 2026 · Angela Veronica Colmenero United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
- Nay · September 17, 2026 · Kasdin Miller Mitchell United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
- Not voting · September 15, 2026 · Matthew R. Byrne United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
- Nay · August 8, 2026 · Todd Blanche Attorney General
- Nay · August 7, 2026 · Michael Kavoukjian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway
- Nay · August 5, 2026 · Erica Schwartz Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Nay · July 28, 2026 · Walter Clayton Director of National Intelligence
Evidence
- What is counted
- Senate roll calls in the 119th Congress on the question of confirming a civilian nomination, as recorded on senate.gov. Cloture and procedural votes are not counted.
- How it is matched
- The vote record names the nomination number; the senator is matched by the Senate member id.
- Not voting
- Includes absences and any other reason. The record does not say why.
589 of the 617 confirmed civilian nominations show a roll-call vote on their latest-action line; the rest show a voice vote, unanimous consent or another method, with no individual votes. So this is only the roll-call subset. It says nothing about whether any vote was right or wrong.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 (member stats) · latest recorded Senate vote Sep 30, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.