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Peter Welch

Peter Welch

D VT · Senate

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Healthcare

+204
Helped 685 Hurt 481 Mixed 2 Unclear 1377

Defense

-76
Helped 797 Hurt 873 Unclear 645

Government Operations

-27
Helped 91 Hurt 118 Unclear 1207

Education

+58
Helped 455 Hurt 397 Unclear 345

Finance

-46
Helped 424 Hurt 470 Unclear 288

Energy

-150
Helped 308 Hurt 458 Unclear 213

Agriculture

+162
Helped 431 Hurt 269 Unclear 161

Environment

-8
Helped 174 Hurt 182 Unclear 261

Technology

+27
Helped 270 Hurt 243 Unclear 99

Veterans Affairs

+202
Helped 355 Hurt 153 Unclear 88

Transportation

-51
Helped 155 Hurt 206 Unclear 202

Labor

+41
Helped 194 Hurt 153 Unclear 165

Trade

-31
Helped 204 Hurt 235 Unclear 41

Criminal Justice

+62
Helped 231 Hurt 169 Unclear 42

Housing

+146
Helped 271 Hurt 125 Unclear 18

Immigration

-136
Helped 56 Hurt 192 Unclear 112

Foreign Policy

-23
Helped 137 Hurt 160 Unclear 60

Appropriations

+93
Helped 205 Hurt 112 Unclear 17

Federal Budget

+162
Helped 207 Hurt 45 Unclear 36

Science & Space

+66
Helped 132 Hurt 66 Unclear 17
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

16762 industry impacts

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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

Direct (1534), Veterans Affairs (115), Defense (94), DoD (33), Legislative (19), VA (19), Executive (16), USDA (16), Treasury (15), State (14), Justice (13), Congress (12), Agriculture (11), CMS (9), Transportation (8), NPS (7), Oversight (6), State/Local (6), Judiciary (5), DOJ (4), Education (4), Federal (4), Foreign Affairs (4), ICE (4), DHS (3), Department Of Interior (3), Cemeteries (2), FDA (2), FEMA (2), FTC (2), Housing (2), Intelligence (2), Interior/USDA (2), International Development (2), Local (2), Military Logistics (2), NASA (2), SBA (2), SSA (2), Civil Servants (1), Defense R&D (1), Election Workers (1), Employees (1), Environmental Regulation (1), Executive Branch (1), HHS (1), Homeland Security (1), Judicial (1), Local Election Administration (1), Manufacturing (1), NOAA (1)
Direct (561), Veterans (121), Military Families (16), Low Income (5), Minority Voters (5), Voters (4), Military (3), District Of Columbia (2), Foreign (2), Immigration Status Holders (2), Native American Voters (2), Capital District (1), Language Minority Voters (1), Students (1), Support Networks (1)
Direct (443), Child Care (3), K-12 Schools (2), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1)
Direct (294), Patients (16), Research (15), Community (3), Tribal (3)
Direct (283), Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2)
Direct (228), Naval (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1), Missiles (1), Missiles/Hypersonics (1), Nuclear C3 (1), Rotorcraft (1), Small Business (1), Small/Innovative (1), Space Systems (1)
Direct (176), Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)

Negative-Effect Industries

Direct (1877), Defense (74), Veterans Affairs (66), Judiciary (37), EPA (22), State (16), Federal (15), State/Local (13), Education (11), NPS (11), FDA (10), HHS (10), Foreign (9), Transportation (8), VA (8), Agriculture (7), BLM (7), Forest Service (7), Justice (6), DOJ (5), Intelligence (5), Banking (4), CFPB (4), Legislative (4), Treasury/IRS (4), USDA (4), DHS (3), Emergency Management (3), Executive (3), General (3), NOAA (3), NOAA/EPA (3), Oversight (3), SEC (3), Acquisition (2), Congress (2), Courts (2), Defense Acquisition (2), Local Election Administration (2), Military (2), State Department (2), State Election Administration (2), State Legislatures (2), State/Local Election Administration (2), Veterans (2), Border Security (1), CMS (1), Coast Guard (1), DoD (1), Energy/Defense (1), Housing (1), Immigration (1), Interior Department (1), Local (1), Monetary Policy (1), NNSA (1), OPM (1), Space Force (1), Strategic Command (1), Treasury (1), U.S. Coast Guard (1), Waste Management (1)
Direct (179), Veterans (20), Bad Actors (1), Taxpayers (1)
Direct (159), Nuclear (2), Logistics (1), Maintenance (1)
Direct (138), Foreign (7), AI/Defense (1), Defense (1)
Direct (130), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Family Planning Services (2), Public Health (2), Reproductive Health (2), Safety Net Providers (2)

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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.

Analysis coverage
100.0% of votes
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S+ Supported Benefits
S- Supported Burdens
O+ Opposed Benefits
O- Opposed Burdens
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

s5196-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish the New Homes Tax Credit.

3 clauses Sep 25, 2024
Financial Services Federal Administration Education Defense Contractors

s5067-118

Cosponsor Reported

To improve individual assistance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.

29 clauses Sep 17, 2024
Financial Services Transportation Energy Production Environmental Services

s4933-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax-exempt controlled entity rules with respect to certain stock of government-sponsored enterprises.

1 clause Aug 1, 2024
Financial Services

s4910-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To direct Federal agencies to provide information on ABLE accounts and to provide grants for increasing awareness of ABLE accounts.

5 clauses Jul 31, 2024
Financial Services Federal Administration Defense Contractors Social Services

s4911-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers to contribute to ABLE accounts in lieu of retirement plan contributions.

1 clause Jul 31, 2024
Financial Services Federal Administration

s4824-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To make housing more affordable, and for other purposes.

32 clauses Jul 29, 2024
Federal Administration Defense Contractors Education Environmental Services

s4784-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To eliminate asset limits employed by certain federally funded means-tested public assistance programs, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Jul 25, 2024
Financial Services Federal Administration Health Care Providers Environmental Services

s4749-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 5, United States Code, to require disclosure of conflicts of interest with respect to rulemaking, and for other purposes.

16 clauses Jul 23, 2024
Financial Services Transportation Federal Administration Immigration Services

s4732-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize funding for the Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Center for the Aging Network to engage in certain research and evaluation activities with respect to family caregivers and to revise the definition of the term family caregiver.

1 clause Jul 23, 2024
Financial Services

s4552-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To enhance the rights of domestic employees, and for other purposes.

30 clauses Jun 13, 2024
Federal Administration Labor Education Environmental Services

s4535-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require transportation network companies to provide customers notice when a driver has a camera in their motor vehicle and provide customers an opportunity to opt out of riding in motor vehicles with cameras, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jun 13, 2024
Financial Services

s4226-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to provide for reinvestment in certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, to provide for expungement of certain cannabis offenses, and for other purposes.

98 clauses May 1, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4120-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To support the direct care professional workforce, and for other purposes.

61 clauses Apr 15, 2024
Federal Administration Labor Education Environmental Services

s3940-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a first-time homebuyer credit, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Mar 14, 2024
Financial Services Defense Contractors Environmental Services

s3692-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the use of algorithmic systems to artificially inflate the price or reduce the supply of leased or rented residential dwelling units in the United States.

5 clauses Jan 30, 2024
Immigration Services Trade Health Care Providers Financial Services

s3657-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and make the credit fully refundable for certain taxpayers.

2 clauses Jan 24, 2024
Financial Services Federal Administration Environmental Services

s3367-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate tax loopholes that allow billionaires to defer tax indefinitely through planning strategies such as buy, borrow, die, to modify over 30 tax provisions so that billionaires are required to pay taxes annually, and for other purposes.

25 clauses Nov 30, 2023
Financial Services Federal Administration Labor Education

s3335-118

Cosponsor Reported

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program to help law enforcement agencies with civilian law enforcement tasks, and for other purposes.

8 clauses Nov 15, 2023
Financial Services Labor Government - Federal Environmental Services

s3008-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide back pay to Federal contractors, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Oct 3, 2023
Financial Services Labor Immigration Services

s2926-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of .50 caliber rifles, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Sep 26, 2023
Financial Services Transportation Federal Administration Environmental Services

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