Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders

Vermont - Sen - I

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Relevant Bills

CBO Score Bill Name Date
$1.3 Trillion
H.R. 748: CARES Act

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act This bill responds to...

April 16, 2020
$904.6 Billion
H.R. 133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Except D...

Served as a major government funding bill, and also included economic stimulus provisions due to...

January 14, 2021
$482.9 Billion
H.R. 266: Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enh...

Responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing additional funding for small...

April 22, 2020
$97.7 Billion
H.R. 6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax...

April 02, 2020
$18 Billion
H.R. 2157: Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019

This bill provides $17.2 billion in FY2019 supplemental appropriations to several federal departments and agencies...

May 23, 2019
$17.3 Billion
H.R. 1957: Great American Outdoors Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service...

July 16, 2020
$10.9 Billion
H.R. 4334: Dignity in Aging Act of 2019

Amends the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965, which provides funding through the Department of...

October 16, 2019
$10.2 Billion
H.R. 1327: Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorizati...

Funds through FY2090 the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. Additionally, the bill modifies...

July 11, 2019
$7.1 Billion
H.J.R.E.S. 31: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019

This joint resolution provides continuing FY2019 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through...

February 14, 2019
$4.5 Billion
H.R. 133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Division...

Served as a major government funding bill, and also included economic stimulus provisions due to...

December 21, 2020
$2.1 Billion
H.R. 4031: GLRI Act of 2019

Authorizes appropriations totaling $2.125 billion over the 2022-2026 period for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative....

October 02, 2019
$1.1 Billion
S. 3051: America's Conservation Enhancement Act

Authorizes appropriations totaling $1.1 billion over the 2020-2025 period for various federal conservation programs and...

January 16, 2020
$875 Million
H.R. 299: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019

Amends title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain...

May 13, 2019
$800 Million
H.R. 4998: Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act...

Establishes a program, administered by the Federal Communications Commission, to reimburse certain U.S. communications...

February 06, 2020
$644 Million
H.R. 777: Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2019

Reauthorizes grants that support state and local efforts to process DNA evidence in rape kits....

May 13, 2019

Biography

Bernard Sanders is a Senator from Vermont. Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1941, he earned his B.S. from the University of Chicago in 1964. He served on faculty at Harvard University in 1989 and at Hamilton College in 1990. He has been a carpenter, journalist, and unsuccessful independent candidate for the United States Senate in 1972 and 1974. He also ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate for governor of Vermont in 1972, 1976, and 1986.

He was mayor of Burlington, VT, from 1981-1989, and ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate to the 101st Congress in 1988. He was elected as an independent to the 102nd and to the seven succeeding Congresses. He was elected as an Independent to the United States Senate in 2006. He chaired the Committee on Veterans Affairs (113th Congress).

Bernie Sanders unsuccessfully sought the 2016 Democratic Presidential nomination and is a candidate for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination. You can learn more about Senator Bernie Sanders' spending and budget votes at SpendingTracker.org

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  • Provides funding, establishes programs, and otherwise modifies provisions relating to a broad array of areas, including education, labor, child care, health care, taxes, immigration, and the environment. (The bill is commonly referred to as the Build Back Better Act.) For...

  • Authorizes Department of Defense (DOD) activities for FY2023 and addresses other issues. For example, the bill authorizes the procurement of various items, including destroyers and aircraft; modifies inventory requirements for various Air Force programs; authorizes DOD to furnish electric vehicle...

  • Authorizes FY2022 appropriations for military activities and programs of the Department of Defense (e.g., personnel; research, development, test, and evaluation; and procurement of items such as aircraft, missiles, and ammunition). It also prescribes military personnel strengths for FY2022.

  • Reauthorizes through FY2028 and expands programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The bill also revises workforce investment, vocational rehabilitation, employment, training, and literacy programs for eligible individuals. For example, the bill increases workforce representation on...

  • Reauthorizes the National Science Foundation (NSF) through FY2026 and authorizes programs and activities at the NSF. The bill establishes requirements for the NSF, including to enter into a contract with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to...

  • Provides FY2023 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2023 appropriations bills: the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; the Ag...

 

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