Bernard Sanders
AnalysisI VT · Senate
Healthcare
+353Defense
-67Education
+104Finance
-125Government Operations
-54Energy
-181Agriculture
+109Environment
+15Labor
+136Veterans Affairs
+221Transportation
-29Trade
+12Housing
+114Immigration
-119Criminal Justice
+19Appropriations
+93Social Welfare
+162Technology
+26Federal Budget
+162Civil Rights
+65Industry Impact Profile
17623 industry impacts
How this is computed
P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote
Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.
Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.
Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.
Positive-Effect Industries
Negative-Effect Industries
Click any row to see supporting clauses
Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.
Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)
How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.
Show vote-alignment table
| Industry | S+ | S- | O+ | O- | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Government (58 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans Affairs (180),
Defense (158),
DoD (34),
VA (23),
EPA (22)
+53 more
|
-533 | ||||
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans (141),
Military Families (16),
Military (3),
Foreign (2),
Taxpayers (1)
|
-240 | ||||
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Naval (2),
Nuclear (2),
Testing (2),
Ammunition (1),
Ground Vehicles (1)
+9 more
|
-78 | ||||
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Families (1),
Space Force (1)
|
-29 | ||||
Healthcare (8 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Research (15),
Community (3),
Gender-Affirming Care (3),
Tribal (3),
Family Planning Services (2)
+3 more
|
-75 | ||||
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Child Care (3),
Immigrant Students (1),
Religious Studies (1),
Technical (1)
|
-34 | ||||
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Federal/Military (1),
Military/Pacific (1),
Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
|
- | -107 | |||
| Taxpayers | - | - | -18 | ||
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Coffee (2),
Commodities (2),
Hemp (2),
Livestock (2),
Coffee Production (1)
|
- | -142 | |||
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Foreign (7),
Electrical Equipment (2),
Defense (1),
Foreign Adversary (1)
|
-7 | ||||
| Transportation | -13 | ||||
| Immigration | - | +109 | |||
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
HSA (7),
HSA Administration (2),
Transgender Individuals (1)
|
-39 | ||||
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Medicaid (6),
Medicaid Programs (4),
Non-Expansion (3)
|
-3 | ||||
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Distributed Generation (1)
|
-28 |
Votes are cast on entire bills; attribution to individual clauses does not imply clause-level intent. Learn more
Loading votes...
Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
s461-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeFilipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2025
s422-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo protect an individual’s ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.
s410-119
Cosponsor ReportedLove Lives On Act of 2025
s192-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeRestricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
s138-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeVA Home Loan Awareness Act of 2025
s51-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.
s5588-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo prohibit drilling in the outer Continental Shelf, to prohibit coal leases on Federal land, and for other purposes.
s5523-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide clarification of assistance related to safeguarding and the elimination of landmines, other explosive remnants of war, and conventional arms.
s5467-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo codify Executive Order 14115 imposing certain sanctions on persons undermining peace, security, and stability in the West Bank.
sres824-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeRecognizing September 20, 2024, as National LGBTQ+ Veterans Day.
s4973-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo reassert the constitutional authority of Congress to determine the general applicability of the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes.
s4902-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo prevent discrimination, including harassment, in employment.
s4910-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo direct Federal agencies to provide information on ABLE accounts and to provide grants for increasing awareness of ABLE accounts.
s4824-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo make housing more affordable, and for other purposes.
s4776-118
Primary Sponsor ReportedTo amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, and for other purposes.
s4655-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide protections for employees of, former employees of, and applicants for employment with Federal agencies, contractors, and grantees whose right to petition or furnish information to Congress is interfered with or denied.
s4445-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo protect and expand nationwide access to fertility treatment, including in vitro fertilization.
s4300-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require the Secretary of Labor to maintain a publicly available list of all employers that relocate a call center or contract call center work overseas, to make such companies ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans, and to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communications, and for other purposes.
s4194-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities to protect communities from the harmful effects of plastics, and for other purposes.
s4120-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo support the direct care professional workforce, and for other purposes.
Loading countries...
Select a clause to see detailed analysis
Failed to load analysis
Please try again
Failed to load clauses
Please try again
Click an industry from the Impact Profile to view supporting clauses
Select a clause to see detailed analysis