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Bernard Sanders

Bernard Sanders is a Independent U.S. senator for Vermont.

Current office: U.S. senator
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Seat or institution: Vermont · Senate Class 1
Research date: October 19, 2026

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Party in the source: Independent. A party label is directory information, not an endorsement.

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Career context

Official Congressional Directory career notes (compiled October 2025): carpenter; writer; college professor; mayor, City of Burlington, 1981-89; elected to the At Large District for the 102nd Congress on November 6, 1990; reelected to each succeeding Congress; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 7, 2006; reelected to each succeeding Senate term.

Attributed Congressional Directory material compiled through October 1, 2025, published February 20, 2026. This is historical career context, not a newly verified biography of every detail.

Committees and subcommittees

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Body	Type	Source-reported role
Committee on Environment and Public Works	standing	member
Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight	subcommittee	member
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety	subcommittee	member
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife	subcommittee	member
Committee on Finance	standing	member
Subcommittee on Health Care	subcommittee	member
Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy	subcommittee	Ranking
Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight	subcommittee	member
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions	standing	Ranking
Subcommittee on Education and the American Family	subcommittee	member
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety	subcommittee	member
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security	subcommittee	member
Committee on the Budget	standing	member
Committee on Veterans' Affairs	standing	member

Senate assignments were collected October 19, 2026. Historical source-listed bodies are excluded from current assignments.

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Selected public records

This is an illustrative collection across documented service, not an exhaustive career archive or a complete statement of policy positions. Missing records do not establish opposition, absence, or inaction. How the examples were selected →

Selected responses, not a complete voting history
Date	Question and measure	Recorded response	Role / period	Source
April 23, 2024	H.R. 815On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 815)A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes.	Nay	Senate service · 118th Congress	Official roll call ↗
June 1, 2023	H.R. 3746On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3746A bill to provide for a responsible increase to the debt ceiling.	Nay	Senate service · 118th Congress	Official roll call ↗
November 29, 2022	H.R. 8404On Passage of the Bill H.R. 8404A bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes.	Yea	Senate service · 117th Congress	Official roll call ↗
August 7, 2022	H.R. 5376On Passage of the Bill H.R. 5376A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.	Yea	Senate service · 117th Congress	Official roll call ↗
August 10, 2021	H.R. 3684On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3684A bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.	Yea	Senate service · 117th Congress	Official roll call ↗
March 25, 2020	H.R. 748On Passage of the Bill H.R. 748A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage.	Yea	Senate service · 116th Congress	Official roll call ↗

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Selected responses, not a complete voting history
Date	Question and measure	Recorded response	Role / period	Source
April 23, 2024	H.R. 815On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 815)A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes.	Nay	Senate service · 118th Congress	Official roll call ↗
June 1, 2023	H.R. 3746On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3746A bill to provide for a responsible increase to the debt ceiling.	Nay	Senate service · 118th Congress	Official roll call ↗
November 29, 2022	H.R. 8404On Passage of the Bill H.R. 8404A bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes.	Yea	Senate service · 117th Congress	Official roll call ↗
August 7, 2022	H.R. 5376On Passage of the Bill H.R. 5376A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.	Yea	Senate service · 117th Congress	Official roll call ↗
August 10, 2021	H.R. 3684On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3684A bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.	Yea	Senate service · 117th Congress	Official roll call ↗
March 25, 2020	H.R. 748On Passage of the Bill H.R. 748A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage.	Yea	Senate service · 116th Congress	Official roll call ↗
July 15, 2010	H.R. 4173On the Conference Report H.R. 4173A bill to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.	Yea	Senate service · 111th Congress	Official roll call ↗
December 24, 2009	H.R. 3590On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3590An act entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.	Yea	Senate service · 111th Congress	Official roll call ↗
October 1, 2008	H.R. 1424On Passage of the Bill H.R. 1424A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.	Nay	Senate service · 110th Congress	Official roll call ↗

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