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Senator Bernard Sanders

Independent • Vermont • 9th Term • Sworn In 1991

Current Term 2007 - 2012 View All

22 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 33 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 13 of 100)
190 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 13 of 100) 3 Made Into Law (Ranks 6 of 100)

Most often votes with:
Sen. Patrick Leahy

Least often votes with:

Votes with party 0%
Abstains: 2%

Person's Views

Today: 81
Past Seven Days: 275
All-Time: 37,585

Most Recent Sponsored Bills

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Most Recent Co-Sponsored Bills

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Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

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Users tracking Bernard Sanders (306) are also tracking:

Bills	People	Issues
H.R.3200 America's Affordable ... 63 H.R.2454 American Clean Energ... 56 H.R.45 Blair Holt's Firearm ... 46 S.773 Cybersecurity Act of ... 36 H.R.17 Citizens' Self-Defens... 36	Sen. Leahy [D-VT] 129 Rep. Welch [D-VT] 94 Rep. Kucinich [D-OH] 70 Sen. Franken [D-MN] 68 Rep. Paul [R-TX] 61	Civil liberties 17 Immigration 12 Firearms 12 Education 12 Energy 11

Users supporting Bernard Sanders (128) are also:

Supporting Bill	Supporting Senator	Supporting Representative
H.R.3590 Service Members Home ... 31 H.R.2454 American Clean Energ... 30 H.R.3962 Affordable Health Car... 24 H.R.204 Congressional Pay Cut... 21 H.R.17 Citizens' Self-Defens... 18	Sen. Franken [D-MN] 38 Sen. Boxer [D-CA] 21 Sen. Durbin [D-IL] 18 Sen. Brown [D-OH] 17 Sen. Cantwell [D-WA] 14	Rep. Kucinich [D-OH] 40 Rep. Pelosi [D-CA] 22 Rep. Frank [D-MA] 22 Rep. Weiner [D-NY] 17 Rep. Lee [D-CA] 13

Opposing Bill	Opposing Senator	Opposing Representative
H.R.2 Repealing the Job-Kil... 29 S.968 PROTECT IP Act of 201... 23 H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2009 22 H.R.3 No Taxpayer Funding f... 22 H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2011 21	Sen. McCain [R-AZ] 29 Sen. Nelson [D-NE] 26 Sen. Lieberman [I-CT] 24 Sen. Sessions [R-AL] 20 Sen. Coburn [R-OK] 20	Rep. Bachmann [R-MN] 26 Rep. Cantor [R-VA] 18 Rep. Paul [R-TX] 17 Rep. Barton [R-TX] 11 Rep. King [R-IA] 10

Users opposing Bernard Sanders (41) are also:

Supporting Bill	Supporting Senator	Supporting Representative
H.R.1207 Federal Reserve Trans... 19 H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2009 13 H.R.197 National Right-to-Car... 11 S.J.Res.7 S.J.Res.7 8 H.R.3 No Taxpayer Funding f... 7	Sen. DeMint [R-SC] 15 Sen. Coburn [R-OK] 8 Sen. Thune [R-SD] 7 Sen. McCain [R-AZ] 7 Sen. Grassley [R-IA] 7	Rep. Boehner [R-OH] 9 Rep. Ryan [R-WI] 8 Rep. Bachmann [R-MN] 8 Rep. Cantor [R-VA] 6 Rep. Biggert [R-IL] 5

Opposing Bill	Opposing Senator	Opposing Representative
H.R.45 Blair Holt's Firearm ... 20 H.J.Res.5 H.J.Res.5 17 H.R.3962 Affordable Health Car... 17 H.R.3590 Service Members Home ... 16 H.R.3200 America's Affordable ... 16	Sen. Boxer [D-CA] 22 Sen. Feinstein [D-CA] 20 Sen. Reid [D-NV] 19 Sen. Schumer [D-NY] 18 Sen. Durbin [D-IL] 18	Rep. Pelosi [D-CA] 16 Rep. Frank [D-MA] 13 Rep. Waxman [D-CA] 10 Rep. Kucinich [D-OH] 10 Rep. Conyers [D-MI] 8

Videos of Bernie Sanders

The Republican War on Workers
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
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February 09, 2012
6 minutes

Preserving the Postal Service
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
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February 07, 2012
3 minutes

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Official website: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/

Address:
332 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Phone: 202-224-5141
Fax: 202-228-0776

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