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Seat
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.govMay 11(source)
Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development. Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system. Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govMay 11(source)
Today on Mother’s Day, let’s remember every mother deserves a livable wage, affordable child care, paid family leave, and the ability to retire with dignity. America must become a nation which treats all mothers and their kids with the respect and dignity they deserve.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govMay 10(source)
This is what oligarchy is about. While planning massive cuts to Medicaid, the Republicans are proposing to provide another $235 billion in tax breaks to the top 0.2% of households through an increase in the estate tax exemption. The very rich get richer. The poor lose health care. Outrageous.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govMay 9(source)
In the richest country in the history of the world, a single parent with two kids spends more than HALF of his or her income on child care. The time is now to FINALLY provide high-quality, affordable child care for all working families.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govMay 9(source)
Judge Sessions is right. Neither Rumeysa Ozturk or anyone else in America should be in jail for authoring an op-ed critical of Israel, or on any subject. Trump and colleagues should read the Constitution and, especially, the First Amendment. Ozturk must be released immediately.
Politico
@politico.com
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A federal judge ordered the release of Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, whose video-recorded detention by masked agents drew national scrutiny.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govMay 9(source)
The war in Gaza has killed or injured 170,000. Children are starving to death. Trump is encouraging the ethnic cleansing of 2.2 million people. Why is there no discussion in the US government about why we are spending billions of taxpayer dollars starving children in Gaza?
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govMay 7(source)
Walter Cronkite, who was described as the most trusted man in America, once said: “Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.” Paramount: Stand up for a free press and our democracy. Do not capitulate to Trump's dangerous move to authoritarianism.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govMay 6(source)
THE most important political issue facing us now is our corrupt campaign finance system & Citizens United. As long as Musk, AIPAC & crypto money can buy politicians, we’re not living in a democracy. We must end billionaire control of our politics and publicly fund elections.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govMay 5(source)
64 days with no aid reaching Gaza. No food, water or medicine. Children are starving. Netanyahu’s extremist government now says it will occupy Gaza & put mercenaries in charge of distributing aid, instead of the UN and other aid groups. Despicable. No more US support for Netanyahu’s war machine.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govMay 4(source)
Trump may not know whether he has to uphold the Constitution during his presidency, but hundreds of Vermont lawyers do know.  I congratulate them, and thousands of lawyers throughout the country, who are fighting to uphold American democracy and the rule of law.
Vermont Lawyers Rally for the Rule of Law in the Age of Trump
Vermonters have frequently protested the president's actions this year. But this is the first time in memory that Vermont's lawyers demonstrated en masse.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govMay 3(source)
At a time of massive inequality, Trump's budget is breathtaking in its degree of cruelty. It slashes funding for health care, housing & education that the working class desperately needs in order to pay for more tax breaks for billionaires & the Pentagon. That is morally obscene.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govMay 2(source)
There is a reason why millions of workers want to join unions. There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions. Union membership means higher wages and better benefits. Let’s grow the trade union movement.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govApr 30(source)
I am delighted that Mohsen Mahdawi has been released from detention. Expressing a political opinion about the war in Gaza is not a crime. In the United States of America, you should not be put in a jail cell for exercising your First Amendment rights.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govApr 30(source)
Mohsen Mahdawi was released on bail today from his illegal detention at the hands of the Trump administration. Good. In America, you are not supposed to end up in a jail cell for expressing your opinion. This is a major step forward in the fight against authoritarianism.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govApr 30(source)
Illegal arrests made by the Trump administration are intended to spread fear and silence dissent. We cannot allow Trump and his cronies to turn the United States of America into an authoritarian society in which people can be disappeared for their political beliefs.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govApr 28(source)
Congratulations to Bill Owens and Scott Pelley of CBS for standing up for the Constitution and the First Amendment. Trump, and his lawsuits against CBS and other media, must be strongly resisted. Paramount (which owns CBS) must not give in to Trump’s authoritarianism.
The Washington Post
@washingtonpost.com
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Scott Pelley addressed the resignation of top producer Bill Owens, who had cited editorial interference by CBS’s parent company, Paramount. “None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires,” Pelley said.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govApr 26(source)
This is what a rigged economy looks like: In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker. In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker. This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker. That has got to change.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.govApr 26(source)
We need the best educated workforce in the world. We need the best teachers in the world. We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do. No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
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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
2025-06-03—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-06-02—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-05-22H.J. Res. 89 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (49-46)
2025-05-22H.J. Res. 89 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)
2025-05-22H.J. Res. 87 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (51-45)
2025-05-22H.J. Res. 87 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)
2025-05-22H.J. Res. 88 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (51-44)
2025-05-21H.J. Res. 88 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)
2025-05-21S.J. Res. 55 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (51-46)
2025-05-21S.J. Res. 55 (119th)Point of Order S.J.Res. 55NONO✓Point of Order Sustained (51-46)
2025-05-21S.J. Res. 55 (119th)Point of Order S.J.Res. 55NONO✓Point of Order Sustained (51-46)
2025-05-21S.J. Res. 55 (119th)Motion to Adjourn S.J.Res. 55YESYES✓Motion to Adjourn Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21—Motion (Motion to Recess for Ten Minutes)YESYES✓Motion Rejected (45-52)
2025-05-21—Motion (Motion to Recess for Fifteen Minutes)YESYES✓Motion Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21—Motion (Motion to Recess for Thirty Minutes)YESYES✓Motion Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21—Motion (Motion to Recess for 60 Minutes)YESYES✓Motion Rejected (45-51)
2025-05-21—Motion (Motion to Recess for Ninety Minutes)YESYES✓Motion Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21S.J. Res. 55 (119th)Kill the motionNONO✓Motion to Table Agreed to (51-46)
2025-05-21S.J. Res. 55 (119th)Kill the motionYESYES✓Motion to Table Failed (46-52)
2025-05-21S.J. Res. 55 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46)
2025-05-21S. 1582 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (69-31)
2025-05-19S. 1582 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONO✓Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (66-32, 3/5 majority required)
2025-05-19—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (51-45)
2025-05-19—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-46)
2025-05-15S. Res. 195 (119th)Motion to Discharge S.Res. 195NOT_VOTINGYES—Motion to Discharge Rejected (45-50)
2025-05-15—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-05-14—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-47)
2025-05-14—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-05-14—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-05-14—Confirm nomineeNO——Nomination Confirmed (54-43)
2025-05-14—End debateNO——Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-43)
2025-05-14—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-05-14—End debateNOT_VOTINGNO—Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-05-14—Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTINGYES—Nomination Confirmed (54-40)
2025-05-13—End debateNO——Cloture Motion Agreed to (57-41)
2025-05-13—Confirm nomineeNO——Nomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-05-13—End debateNO——Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-45)
2025-05-13—Confirm nomineeNO——Nomination Confirmed (74-25)
2025-05-13—End debateNO——Cloture Motion Agreed to (72-26)
2025-05-13—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-46)
2025-05-12—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-05-12—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-05-12—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-08S. 1582 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONO✓Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (48-49, 3/5 majority required)
2025-05-08H.J. Res. 60 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (50-43)
2025-05-08S.J. Res. 7 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (50-38)
2025-05-07S.J. Res. 13 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Joint Resolution Passed (52-47)
2025-05-06H.J. Res. 60 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-06S.J. Res. 7 (119th)Begin considerationNONO✓Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-06—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (53-47)

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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