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Seat
U.S. Senator from Vermont
Born
May 2, 1947
Age 79
Phone
(202) 224-4242
Office
115 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510, Washington 20515
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Vermont

Peter Welch

Peter Francis Welch is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2023 as the junior United States senator from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 2007 to 2023. He has been a major figure in Vermont politics for over four decades and is only the second Democrat to represent Vermont in the Senate, after his predecessor, Patrick Leahy.

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Voting Record — 840
Yes31%
No64%
Present0%
Not Voting6%
Party align95%
Cross-party3%
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Peter Welch
U.S. SenatorDemocratVermont
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Peter's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 70 sponsored · 407 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Speaker Johnson and House Republican leadership tried to block future votes against President Trump's tariffs. Luckily, Democrats and a few Republicans defeated the measure. We can't allow working families to continue to be crushed under the weight of these tariffs.
Folks who vote for Democrats, folks who vote for Republicans, and folks who don’t vote at all are making it clear ICE has gone too far. The American people want Republicans to work with Democrats to make real reforms to ICE.
Graphic of an NBC news article with a photo of protestors in Minnesota. Text on the graphic reads: Poll: Americans support ICE overhaul amid federal funding fight.
People in this country shouldn’t have to live in fear of those who are supposed to protect them. We need real reforms to ICE. Masks off, body cameras on. Enforce a code of conduct and ensure independent investigations. End mass targeting of communities.
President Trump shared a video that was blatantly racist. I don’t want to hear my Republican colleagues say “they didn’t see it” when asked. It’s disgusting behavior, and every Republican should condemn it.
The last nuclear arms treaty between the U.S. and Russia is expiring. There's now a real possibility of a new nuclear arms race between global superpowers. President Trump must work with Russia and China to forge a new arms control treaty to prevent a nuclear war.
Right now, federal restrictions limit nonprofits from lending students low-interest loans to help them pay for college. That's why I’m introducing a bill with Senator Grassley to lift these restrictions, so more young people get the opportunity to chase their educational goals.
ICE should be targeting the worst criminals. But under Secretary Noem, it’s been turned into a masked secret police force that shoots citizens and teargasses children.
ICE leadership has informed their agents that they have expanded powers to arrest people without a warrant. It's another attack by President Trump and Secretary Noem on the foundations of our democracy.
Photo of Secretary Kristi Noem. Headline from New York Times reads: ICE expands power of agents to arrest people without warrants.
Trump tried to "find votes" in Georgia when he lost the state in the 2020 election. Now his FBI has raided a Georgia county election office. It's yet another attack on our elections and on our democracy.
Household debt has hit a record high of $18.6 trillion. Credit card delinquency highest since Great Recession. Auto loan delinquency highest since 2010. And yet President Trump is taking money away from working families to spend it on billionaire tax cuts and more money for ICE.
Right now, EMS providers aren't just delivering emergency care to Medicare patients, they're covering the cost too. That's why I'm introducing a bill with @sanders.senate.gov and @balint.house.gov to reimburse those on the frontlines for their life-saving work in Vermont and around the nation.
It's been two years since 5-year-old Hind Rajab and six members of her family were killed by Israeli tank and machine gun fire. Two Red Crescent workers sent to rescue them were also killed. I will continue to fight for justice for her and so many other Palestinians who have died.
Photo of Hind Rajab.
Data centers are driving electricity bills up across the country for working families already struggling to make ends meet. My colleagues and I are demanding answers on how New England’s grid operator plans to protect families from the costs of new data centers.
Career prosecutors at the Justice Department requested to investigate the killing of Renee Macklin Good by an ICE agent. But they were denied. I led @judiciarydems.senate.gov in demanding the Civil Rights Division open an investigation into the death of Ms. Good.
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Page 2 of Letter to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the millions of Jewish lives lost during one of the most hateful and cruel campaigns our world has seen. Today is an important reminder that we must fight against rising antisemitism here in the U.S. and abroad.
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Voting History
840 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
2025-02-06Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46)
2025-02-06Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (52-47)
2025-02-06Kill the motionNONOMotion to Table Agreed to (52-47)
2025-02-06Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-47)
2025-02-05End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)
2025-02-05Confirm nomineeYESNONomination Confirmed (55-44)
2025-02-04End debateYESNOCloture Motion Agreed to (55-45)
2025-02-04Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (54-46)
2025-02-04Confirm nomineeYESNONomination Confirmed (77-23)
2025-02-03End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-46)
2025-02-03Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (59-38)
2025-02-03Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)
2025-01-30End debateYESYESCloture Motion Agreed to (83-13)
2025-01-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (62-35)
2025-01-30Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (80-17)
2025-01-29End debateYESYESCloture Motion Agreed to (78-20)
2025-01-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (56-42)
2025-01-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (56-42)
2025-01-28H.R. 23 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (54-45, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-28Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (77-22)
2025-01-27End debateYESYESCloture Motion Agreed to (97-0)
2025-01-27Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (68-29)
2025-01-25End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (67-23)
2025-01-25Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (59-34)
2025-01-24End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (61-39)
2025-01-24Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-01-23End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-49)
2025-01-23Confirm nomineeYESNONomination Confirmed (74-25)
2025-01-23End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (72-26)
2025-01-22S. 6 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (52-47, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-21Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (53-45)
2025-01-21Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (54-46)
2025-01-20Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (99-0)
2025-01-20S. 5 (119th)Final passageNONOBill Passed (64-35)
2025-01-20S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (75-24)
2025-01-17S. 5 (119th)End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (61-35, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-15S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (46-49)
2025-01-15S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (70-25)
2025-01-13S. 5 (119th)Begin considerationYESYESMotion to Proceed Agreed to (82-10)
2025-01-09S. 5 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateYESYESCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (84-9, 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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