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Senator Bernard Sanders — Mandate

U.S. Senator

Bernard Sanders

IndependentVT

Voting record

Missed votes: 2%
Serving since: 1991

Contact

Washington office: 202-224-5141
Official website: sanders.senate.gov
Contact form: Send a message
X / Twitter: @SenSanders

Source: Congress.gov.

Recent votes

Nay
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Dec 17, 2025·Senate·Motion Agreed to (77-20)
Nay
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Dec 11, 2025·Senate·Motion to Proceed Agreed to (75-22)
Nay
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Dec 15, 2025·Senate·Cloture Motion Agreed to (76-20, 3/5 majority required)
Nay
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".
Nov 20, 2025·Senate

Sponsored bills

Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act
S-3956-119·Committee·Introduced Mar 2, 2026Taxes
A bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
S-3869-119·Committee·Introduced Feb 12, 2026Economy
SERVE Act
S-3622-119·Committee·Introduced Jan 13, 2026Economy
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Russian President Vladimir Putin should immediately withdraw Russian forces from Ukraine.
SRES-109-119·Committee·Introduced Mar 5, 2025Foreign Policy
Healthy Families Act
S-1664-118·

·Joint Resolution Passed (51-43)

Nay

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".

Nov 19, 2025·Senate·Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-47)

Nay

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

Oct 9, 2025·Senate·Bill Passed (77-20, 3/5 majority required)

Yea

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

Oct 9, 2025·Senate·Amendment Rejected (10-88, 3/5 majority required)

Yea

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

Oct 9, 2025·Senate·Amendment Rejected (47-50, 3/5 majority required)

Nay

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

Oct 9, 2025·Senate·Amendment Rejected (51-46, 3/5 majority required)

Yea

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

Oct 9, 2025·Senate·Amendment Rejected (14-83, 3/5 majority required)

Floor

·Introduced May 17, 2023

Economy

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031.

SCONRES-14-117·Passed_house·Introduced Aug 9, 2021Economy