When people lose their health care, they stop going to the doctor for check ups. When they stop getting check ups, they miss diagnoses of diseases that are treatable if caught early. More people will get sick and die.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Vermont
Peter Welch
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Voting Record — 788
Yes29%
No65%
Present0%
Not Voting6%
Party align95%
Cross-party3%
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Peter Welch
U.S. SenatorDemocratVermont
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20 recent posts · 69 sponsored · 393 cosponsored
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Republicans are on the brink of making the biggest cut to Medicaid in history. Here’s what happens when you kick 17 million people off their health care:
More than $1 trillion in cuts to health care. The largest single cut in American history.
Just to give tax cuts to billionaires.
Despicable.
SNAP food assistance is just $6 a day for families in need. It’s not a lot, but it helps hardworking families trying to make ends meet put food on the table.
Republicans’ Big Beautiful Bill will take that help away from millions of families.
Two in three Americans oppose President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, because they know it will crush working families.
But unfortunately, Republicans aren’t working for them.
They’re working for the few billionaires who will get a massive tax cut.
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"This bill takes us backwards in our effort to expand energy production and fight climate change."
@welch.senate.gov laid out the facts.
With 95% of new energy in the past few years coming from clean energy, Republican's Big Ugly Bill will kill clean energy and raise energy costs.
Who stands to gain from President Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill?”
Billionaires. Big Oil. China.
Who stands to lose?
Working families. Rural communities. Hungry children.
President Trump was supposed to lower costs for families. But his Big Beautiful Bill could raise mortgages by $1,000 a year. It could raise small business loans $800 a year. It could raise energy bills $400 a year.
All to give tax cuts to billionaires.
How many times have Democrats tried to pass legislation that would actually help working families, only for Republicans to block it because they say they’re worried about adding to the deficit?
And yet they’re adding $3.3 TRILLION to the deficit to give billionaires tax cuts.
My full remarks on the Senate floor in opposition to President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5N1...
At the end of the day, Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is very simple.
It takes from working families to give to billionaires.
Right now, one in five children across America are hungry. One in five.
It’s almost beyond belief that President Trump and Republicans are working to take away food assistance for kids in order to give tax cuts to billionaires.
Folks are having a hard enough time paying for groceries and everyday needs. And now, Republicans are trying to pass Trump’s tax bill, which picks the pockets of working families to give tax breaks to the rich.
Income inequality will only grow larger in America if it passes.
Vermont’s small businesses, farmers, and families will pay the price for yet another one of President Trump’s temper tantrums.
It will mean job layoffs, small businesses closing, and higher prices.
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” would force more than 300 rural hospitals to immediately shut down and put hundreds more at risk.
Even some of my Republican colleagues are sounding the alarm about this because they know it would be a total betrayal of rural communities.
Billionaires in this country are doing just fine. They don’t need a massive tax cut.
The folks who need a break are working families, and President Trump’s so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" will crush them.
Today marks a decade since the Supreme Court legalized marriage for same-sex couples in the landmark case, Obergefell v. Hodges. 🌈
Vermont was a leader in the fight for marriage equality—we’ll continue to stand up for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community.
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will kick 16 million people off their health care.
That’s more than the populations of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, Maine, New Hampshire, Hawaii, West Virginia, Idaho, and Nebraska COMBINED.
I joined the groundbreaking for the Shelburne Museum's Perry Center for Native American Art, which will feature pieces from Tribal Nations and Indigenous groups across Vermont.
We must keep investing in projects that highlight all of our history and culture.
The Trump Administration’s plan to open 59 million acres of public land to logging would gut our National Forests, threaten the tourism economy, and crush local ecosystems.
It’s clear: If there’s a buyer, the Administration will keep selling out the American people.
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Voting History788 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
788 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-04 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-06-03 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (72-26) |
| 2025-06-03 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (66-28) |
| 2025-06-03 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (59-36) |
| 2025-06-03 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-37) |
| 2025-06-03 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-46) |
| 2025-06-02 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45) |
| 2025-05-22 | H.J. Res. 89 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (49-46) |
| 2025-05-22 | H.J. Res. 89 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-05-22 | H.J. Res. 87 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (51-45) |
| 2025-05-22 | H.J. Res. 87 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-05-22 | H.J. Res. 88 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (51-44) |
| 2025-05-21 | H.J. Res. 88 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (51-46) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Point of Order S.J.Res. 55 | NO | NO | ✓ | Point of Order Sustained (51-46) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Point of Order S.J.Res. 55 | NO | NO | ✓ | Point of Order Sustained (51-46) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Motion to Adjourn S.J.Res. 55 | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Adjourn Rejected (46-51) |
| 2025-05-21 | — | Motion (Motion to Recess for Ten Minutes) | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion Rejected (45-52) |
| 2025-05-21 | — | Motion (Motion to Recess for Fifteen Minutes) | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion Rejected (46-51) |
| 2025-05-21 | — | Motion (Motion to Recess for Thirty Minutes) | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion Rejected (46-51) |
| 2025-05-21 | — | Motion (Motion to Recess for 60 Minutes) | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion Rejected (45-51) |
| 2025-05-21 | — | Motion (Motion to Recess for Ninety Minutes) | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion Rejected (46-51) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Kill the motion | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Table Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Kill the motion | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Table Failed (46-52) |
| 2025-05-21 | S.J. Res. 55 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46) |
| 2025-05-21 | S. 1582 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (69-31) |
| 2025-05-19 | S. 1582 (119th) | End filibuster to begin debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (66-32, 3/5 majority required) |
| 2025-05-19 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-45) |
| 2025-05-19 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-46) |
| 2025-05-15 | S. Res. 195 (119th) | Motion to Discharge S.Res. 195 | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion to Discharge Rejected (45-50) |
| 2025-05-15 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-46) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-47) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-45) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (54-43) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-43) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-46) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45) |
| 2025-05-14 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (54-40) |
| 2025-05-13 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (57-41) |
| 2025-05-13 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-44) |
| 2025-05-13 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-45) |
| 2025-05-13 | — | Confirm nominee | YES | NO | ✕↔ | Nomination Confirmed (74-25) |
| 2025-05-13 | — | End debate | YES | NO | ✕↔ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (72-26) |
| 2025-05-13 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-46) |
| 2025-05-12 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45) |
| 2025-05-12 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-45) |
| 2025-05-12 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47) |
| 2025-05-08 | S. 1582 (119th) | End filibuster to begin debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (48-49, 3/5 majority required) |
| 2025-05-08 | H.J. Res. 60 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (50-43) |
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.