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U.S. Senator from Vermont
Born
September 8, 1941
Age 84
Phone
(202) 224-5141
Office
332 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510, Washington 20515
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|I|Vermont

Bernard Sanders

Bernard "Bernie" Sanders is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, but maintains a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career and sought the party's presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020. Sanders has been viewed as one of the main leaders of the modern American progressive movement.

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Voting Record — 783
Yes25%
No68%
Present0%
Not Voting7%
Party align100%
Cross-party0%
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Bernard's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 46 sponsored · 292 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 18(source)
Veterans deserve the best health care available. At a time when the VA is already understaffed, these layoffs will hurt veterans. Unacceptable. Trump must not cut VA health care so that he can give tax breaks to Musk and other billionaires. The VA must rescind this order.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 18(source)
While Trump appoints 13 billionaires to his cabinet and Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg see their wealth increase by $217 billion since the election, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 25% of seniors live on $15g or less and millions cannot afford rent. SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 16(source)
Republicans aren’t hiding anything. Their priorities are written in black and white: trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the rich, while making savage cuts to Medicaid, housing, nutrition and education. The reconciliation bill will make the rich even richer and the poor poorer.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 16(source)
While Trump “floods the zone,” we must stay focused.  NO to oligarchy, tax breaks for the rich and cuts to working class programs. NO to authoritarianism and unlimited power for one man. YES to growing the union movement and raising wages. YES to health care as a human right.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 15(source)
European friends: Do not accept lectures on democracy & freedom of speech from an Administration that denies the 2020 election results and is now suing & intimidating news outlets whose reporting they don’t like. Stand tall against right-wing extremism. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech
Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 14(source)
As Robert F Kennedy becomes Secretary of HHS we must remember that “Just asking questions” about vaccines, and casting doubt on well-established science could have fatal consequences. Researchers estimate over 300,000 South Africans died because their leaders denied scientific truths.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 13(source)
77% of the American people want to cap credit card interest rates. It is about time that we listened to them. Congress must provide financial relief to working families struggling to pay for the high price of groceries, rent, gasoline, and prescription drugs.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 13(source)
At a time of massive income & wealth inequality, Republicans in Congress just introduced a budget to provide trillions in tax breaks to the wealthy, paid for by massive cuts to Medicaid that will throw millions of kids off health care & seniors out of nursing homes. Unacceptable.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 12(source)
Conservative billionaires are funding a coordinated effort to dismantle public education to pay for private school vouchers that largely benefit wealthy families and enable corporations to avoid their fair share in taxes. Now they have a friend in the White House.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 12(source)
This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected. $196 billion for three men in 99 days. Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 12(source)
The top health care companies in America spent 95% of their profits to make their CEOs & stockholders obscenely rich. How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 10(source)
47,000+ Palestinians killed. 111,000 injured. Trump’s response? Forcibly expel Palestinians to make Gaza “a real estate development for the future. A beautiful piece of land.”  No. Gaza must be rebuilt for the Palestinian people, not billionaire tourists.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 9(source)
At least $12 *trillion* from global oligarchs is hidden offshore in secret tax havens worldwide. And it is headquartered right here in the USA. Instead of cutting lifesaving programs like the VA, Medicaid, and food stamps, we should be cracking down on tax havens for the ultra-rich.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 8(source)
Republicans want to slash Medicaid — a death sentence for thousands of Americans. Medicaid provides health care to more than 37 million kids, funding for 2/3 of seniors in nursing homes & is 40% of the revenue for community health centers.  We must EXPAND Medicaid, not cut it.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govFeb 7(source)
Our current health care system is not designed to provide quality care to all people. It is designed to make huge profits for insurance & drug companies. In that sense, the system is working very well. But it is not working for the average American. We need Medicare for All.
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Voting History
783 total votes
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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-05-06S.J. Res. 13 (119th)Begin considerationNOT_VOTINGNO—Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46)
2025-05-06H.J. Res. 61 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (55-45)
2025-05-05H.J. Res. 61 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-43)
2025-05-01—End debateNOT_VOTINGNO—Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)
2025-05-01S.J. Res. 31 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (52-46)
2025-05-01H.J. Res. 75 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (52-45)
2025-04-30S.J. Res. 31 (119th)Begin considerationNOT_VOTINGNO—Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-40)
2025-04-30S.J. Res. 49 (119th)Kill the motionNONO✓Motion to Table Agreed to (49-49, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-04-30S.J. Res. 49 (119th)Approve resolutionYESYES✓Joint Resolution Defeated (49-49)
2025-04-30H.J. Res. 75 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46)
2025-04-30H.J. Res. 42 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (52-46)
2025-04-29H.J. Res. 42 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46)
2025-04-29—Confirm nomineeNO——Nomination Confirmed (83-14)
2025-04-29—End debateNOT_VOTINGYES—Cloture Motion Agreed to (84-13)
2025-04-29—Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTING——Nomination Confirmed (60-36)
2025-04-29—End debateNOT_VOTINGYES—Cloture Motion Agreed to (62-36)
2025-04-29—Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTINGNO—Nomination Confirmed (59-39)
2025-04-29—End debateNOT_VOTINGNO—Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-39)
2025-04-29—Confirm nomineeNO——Nomination Confirmed (67-29)
2025-04-28—End debateNO——Cloture Motion Agreed to (64-27)
2025-04-11—Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTINGYES—Nomination Confirmed (60-25)
2025-04-11—End debateNOT_VOTINGYES—Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-25)
2025-04-11—Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTINGYES—Nomination Confirmed (59-26)
2025-04-11—End debateNOT_VOTINGYES—Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-25)
2025-04-10—Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTINGNO—Nomination Confirmed (50-46)
2025-04-10—End debateNOT_VOTINGNO—Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-46)
2025-04-10H.J. Res. 20 (119th)Approve resolutionNOT_VOTINGNO—Joint Resolution Passed (53-44)
2025-04-09H.J. Res. 20 (119th)Begin considerationNOT_VOTINGNO—Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-42)
2025-04-09—Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTINGNO—Nomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-04-09—Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTINGNO—Nomination Confirmed (51-45)
2025-04-09—Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTINGNO—Nomination Confirmed (49-46)
2025-04-09—Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTINGYES—Nomination Confirmed (60-37)
2025-04-09—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (53-46)
2025-04-09—End debateNOT_VOTINGNO—Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-04-08—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-42)
2025-04-08—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-44)
2025-04-08—End debateNO——Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-37)
2025-04-08—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-46)
2025-04-08—Confirm nomineeNO——Nomination Confirmed (66-32)
2025-04-08—End debateNO——Cloture Motion Agreed to (67-32)
2025-04-08—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (54-45)
2025-04-07—End debateNOT_VOTINGNO—Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-39)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Accept House changesNONO✓Concurrent Resolution Agreed to (51-48)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (47-52)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (49-50)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-04-05H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (49-50)
2025-04-05—Motion (Motion to Waive Section 305(b)(2) of the CBA re: Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 1690)YESYES✓Motion Rejected (49-50, 3/5 majority required)

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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