IndependentBernard Sanders
U.S. Senator · Vermont
U.S. Senator from Vermont
6 tracked promises, 6 rated
Vermont
Represents Vermont statewide
How they won their seat
Bernie Sanders won the 2024 U.S. Senate election in Vermont with 61.5% of the vote (229,429 votes).
- Bernie Sanders · Other61.5%229,429
- Gerald Malloy · Republican31.2%116,512
- Undervotes · Other2.5%9,336
- Steve Berry · Other2.1%7,941
- 5 Other Candidates2.6%9,667
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Bernard Sanders' record includes sponsored bills related to social equity and healthcare access, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills like the Medicare for All Act and the Health Care Workforce Expansion Act. Additionally, he has sponsored legislation aimed at addressing income inequality, such as the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act and the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2025. His committee memberships include the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Senate Budget Committee, and the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Focus areas (from the record): Healthcare · Income Inequality · Social Security · Environmental Justice · Foreign Policy Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Sanders' sponsored bills and tracked promises align closely, particularly in areas like healthcare and income inequality, where he has sponsored bills related to universal healthcare and taxing the wealthy. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of his sponsored bills in achieving legislative success; There is no information on his unlogged work or informal influence outside of official records; The absence of statements limits understanding of his public communication strategy. Confidence: high (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Bernard Sanders has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2017. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Bernard Sanders has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 18
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$00%
- Large individual (itemized)$00%
- PAC / committee$139K100%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on FinanceOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory OversightOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and SafetyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Fisheries, Wildlife, and WaterOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Health CareOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Social Security, Pensions, and Family PolicyOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS OversightOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Education and the American FamilyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Employment and Workplace SafetyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement SecurityOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the BudgetOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+75 · based on 6 rated promises
- Championed 6
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2019 · 6 rated promisesEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept6
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
6 promises across 4 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Economy, Taxes & Inflation2
- Healthcare & Prescription Drugs2
- Foreign Policy & National Security1
- Social Security & Retirement1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)6100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
6 tracked promises
“Lower prescription drug prices so Americans pay no more than people in other major countries.”
“Guarantee health care as a right by enacting a Medicare-for-All, single-payer system with no premiums, deductibles or co-payments.”
“Protect and expand Social Security, increasing benefits and extending solvency by lifting the payroll-tax cap on high incomes.”
“Make the wealthiest families and largest corporations pay their fair share by taxing extreme wealth to reverse income and wealth inequality.”
“Stop U.S. military aid and offensive arms sales to Netanyahu's government amid the war in Gaza.”
“Raise the federal minimum wage to at least $17 an hour.”
Verified record
566 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $4,189, spent $1,220,920, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 5026: A bill to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children. ↗Jul 16, 2026
- Sponsored S 4825: American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act ↗Jun 18, 2026
- Sponsored S 4602: Abolish Super PACs Act ↗May 20, 2026
- Sponsored S 4551: Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026 ↗May 18, 2026
- Sponsored S 4518: Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026 ↗May 13, 2026
- Sponsored S 4413: Protecting America’s Workers Act ↗Apr 28, 2026
- Sponsored S 4272: Home Team Act of 2026 ↗Mar 26, 2026
- Sponsored S 4214: Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act ↗Mar 25, 2026
- Sponsored SJRES 137: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services. ↗Mar 19, 2026
- Sponsored SJRES 136: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed licensing of certain defense articles and services to Israel. ↗Mar 19, 2026
- Sponsored SJRES 138: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services. ↗Mar 19, 2026
- Sponsored S 3956: Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act ↗Mar 2, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 566 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 858
- Yea
- 228
- Nay
- 568
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 62
Full voting record
858 votes- SJRES198Yea
- PN8518Nay
- PN9304Nay
- PN9304Nay
- S4784Nay
- PN9382Nay
- PN9303Nay
- SJRES185Yea
- PN9382Nay
- SJRES196Yea
- PN9303Nay
- PN9302Nay
- PN9302Nay
- PN9307Nay
- PN9307Nay
- HCONRES86Yea
- PN8593Nay
- HR6644Yea
- PN73033Nay
- HR6644Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
4 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Foreign Policy & National SecurityStated position
Stop U.S. military aid and offensive arms sales to Netanyahu's government amid the war in Gaza.
Sourceshttps://www.timesofisrael.com/us-senate-overwhelmingly-votes-down-sanders-motions-to-block-arms-sales-to-israel/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-reelection-senate-2024-82-years-old/https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-announces-senate-votes-to-block-arms-sales-to-israel/View position & sources → - Economy, Taxes & InflationStated position
Make the wealthiest families and largest corporations pay their fair share by taxing extreme wealth to reverse income and wealth inequality.
Sourceshttps://www.sanders.senate.gov/issues/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/82-year-old-u-s-sen-bernie-sanders-is-running-for-reelection-to-a-fourth-termhttps://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-and-khanna-introduce-legislation-to-tax-billionaire-wealth-and-invest-in-working-families/https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-scott-174-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-17-by-2030-benefitting-nearly-22-million-americans/View position & sources → - Healthcare & Prescription DrugsStated position
Lower prescription drug prices so Americans pay no more than people in other major countries.
Sourceshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-reelection-senate-2024-82-years-old/https://www.sanders.senate.gov/issues/https://www.aol.com/articles/three-gop-senators-back-sanders-071639067.htmlhttps://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/media-advisory-sanders-to-call-on-republicans-to-support-trump-lower-prescription-drug-prices/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/82-year-old-u-s-sen-bernie-sanders-is-running-for-reelection-to-a-fourth-termhttps://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-jayapal-dingell-hundreds-of-health-care-workers-introduce-medicare-for-all/View position & sources → - Social Security & RetirementStated position
Protect and expand Social Security, increasing benefits and extending solvency by lifting the payroll-tax cap on high incomes.
Sourceshttps://www.sanders.senate.gov/issues/https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-as-republicans-attempt-to-undermine-social-security-sanders-warren-schakowsky-hoyle-introduce-legislation-to-expand-social-security/View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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