Peter Welch
AnalysisD VT · Senate
Healthcare
+204Defense
-76Government Operations
-27Education
+58Finance
-46Energy
-150Agriculture
+162Environment
-8Technology
+27Veterans Affairs
+202Transportation
-51Labor
+41Trade
-31Criminal Justice
+62Housing
+146Immigration
-136Foreign Policy
-23Appropriations
+93Federal Budget
+162Science & Space
+66Industry Impact Profile
16762 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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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.
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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
|
-455 | ||||
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans (141),
Military Families (16),
Military (3),
Foreign (2),
Taxpayers (1)
|
+30 | ||||
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)
|
-25 | ||||
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
|
+63 | ||||
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Child Care (3),
Immigrant Students (1),
Religious Studies (1),
Technical (1)
|
-24 | ||||
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Federal/Military (1),
Military/Pacific (1),
Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
|
+11 | ||||
| Taxpayers | - | - | -18 | ||
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Coffee (2),
Commodities (2),
Hemp (2),
Livestock (2),
Coffee Production (1)
|
-106 | ||||
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Foreign (7),
Electrical Equipment (2),
Defense (1),
Foreign Adversary (1)
|
-1 | ||||
| Transportation | +11 | ||||
| Immigration | - | +109 | |||
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
HSA (7),
HSA Administration (2),
Transgender Individuals (1)
|
-37 | ||||
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Medicaid (6),
Medicaid Programs (4),
Non-Expansion (3)
|
-1 | ||||
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Distributed Generation (1)
|
-28 |
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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
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.
s986-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeSafe Schools Improvement Act
s993-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeSchool Lunch Debt Cancellation Act of 2025
s934-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeAmerican Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025
s803-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
s770-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeSocial Security Expansion Act
s756-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain postsecondary credentialing expenses as qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts.
s701-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Veteran Family Resource Program, and for other purposes.
s726-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeEthan's Law
s567-119
Cosponsor Passed SenateFirst Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act
s278-119
Cosponsor ReportedKids Off Social Media Act
s222-119
Cosponsor Signed into LawWhole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
s51-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.
s5534-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo authorize a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing discrimination, and for other purposes.
s5399-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 11, United States Code, to provide bankruptcy protections for medically distressed debtors, and for other purposes.
s5395-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 28, United States Code, to establish an Office of Ethics Counsel and an Office of Investigative Counsel within the Supreme Court of the United States.
sres892-118
CosponsorDesignating the week beginning on October 13, 2024, as National Wildlife Refuge Week.
s5196-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish the New Homes Tax Credit.
s5108-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide relief for borrowers of Federal Direct PLUS loans made on behalf of students.
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