Bernard Sanders

36 years in the U.S. Congress · since 1991

• Senator VT 2007–present
• Representative VT 1991–2007

• background Born September 8, 1941 in New York City; University of Chicago graduate (1964)
• role Mayor of Burlington (1981, reelected three times)
• role U.S. representative from Vermont (1990–2006, 16 years)
• achievement First non-Republican elected to Vermont Senate seat since 1850 (2006)
• role Senior U.S. senator from Vermont since 2007; longest-serving independent
• achievement Democratic presidential candidate 2016 and 2020; finished second both times

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

• 92.9%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 890 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

  Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

• 59
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 463 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 59 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 1
  Documented positions →

  sourced stances on tracked issues

  Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

• 14
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

  Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

• 1
  Documented relationships →

  neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

  A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Bernard Sanders. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member · oversees Health
• Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member
• Budget Committee
• Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee · oversees Energy
• Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety Subcommittee Subcommittee
• Environment and Public Works Committee · oversees Energy
• Finance Committee
• Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Subcommittee
• Taxation and IRS Oversight Subcommittee
• Veterans' Affairs Committee
• Education and the American Family Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Health Care Subcommittee · oversees Health
• Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee Ex Officio · oversees Health

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2024 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $87,633. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

• Health $15,000 · 3 PACs

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• AbortionOppose from votes
• Climate & EnergyPartial support from votes
• Criminal JusticePartial support from votes
• DefenseOppose from votes
• Economy & TaxesPartial oppose from votes
• EducationPartial oppose from votes
• Foreign PolicyPartial oppose from votes
• HealthcareFull support
• HousingOppose from votes
• ImmigrationFull support from votes
• Labor & WagesOppose from votes
• Technology & PrivacyOppose from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Sanders most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Sanders connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov