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.
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Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)
How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.
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| 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 |
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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
s1507-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeAgriculture Resilience Act of 2025
s1393-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeAmerican Family Act
sres158-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that paraprofessionals and education support staff should have fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions.
s1277-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
s1285-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide funding to sustain and increase the supply and quality of child care, access to child care, and the child care workforce, and for other purposes.
s1261-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeCONNECT for Health Act of 2025
s1220-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeSavings Opportunity and Affordable Repayment Act
s1166-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeExcess Urban Heat Mitigation Act of 2025
s1198-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeNorthern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
s1115-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
sres133-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeExpressing support for the local public K–12 schools of the United States and condemning any actions that would defund public education or weaken or dismantle the Department of Education.
s1068-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 5 and title 38, United States Code, to put veteran and military families first and to provide protections for employees, benefits, and programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
s986-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeSafe Schools Improvement Act
s988-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans, and for other purposes.
s934-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeAmerican Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025
s891-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeBipartisan Health Care Act
s803-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
s726-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeEthan's Law
s701-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Veteran Family Resource Program, and for other purposes.
s567-119
Cosponsor Passed SenateFirst Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act
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