Bernard Sanders
Senator Independent representing VT
Member profile
- Role
- Senator Independent representing VT
- Current member
- Yes
- Birth year
- 1941
- Official website
- https://www.sanders.senate.gov/
Terms
- Senate · VT · Independent · 2007-present
- Senate · VT · I · 2023-2025
- Senate · VT · I · 2021-2023
- Senate · VT · I · 2019-2021
- Senate · VT · I · 2017-2019
- Senate · VT · I · 2015-2017
- Senate · VT · I · 2013-2015
- Senate · VT · I · 2011-2013
- Senate · VT · I · 2009-2011
- Senate · VT · I · 2007-2009
- House · VT · I · 2005-2007
- House · VT · I · 2003-2005
- House · VT · I · 2001-2003
- House · VT · I · 1999-2001
- House · VT · I · 1997-1999
- House · VT · I · 1995-1997
- House · VT · I · 1993-1995
- House · VT · I · 1991-1993
Committee assignments
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Ranking
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Education and the American Family · Ex Officio
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety · Ex Officio
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security · Ex Officio
- Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife · Member
- Committee on Finance
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy · Ranking
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Health Care · Member
- Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight · Member
- Committee on the Budget
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Sponsored bills
- S 5026: Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act of 2026: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- S 4825: American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S 4602: Abolish Super PACs Act: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- S 4551: Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S 4518: Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Cosponsored bills
- SRES 781: A resolution commemorating June 19, 2026, as "Juneteenth National Independence Day" in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4286)
- S 5019: Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- SJRES 198: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 50. Record Vote Number: 199.
- SRES 801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.: Star Print ordered on the resolution.
- S 2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025: Held at the desk.