Bernie Sanders

$2,876,534,660,000

Bernie Sanders

Vermont - Sen - I

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Relevant Bills

CBO Score Bill Name Date
$30 Thousand
H.R. 1773: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act...

Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of...

September 24, 2019
-$1 Million
H.R. 259: Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019

Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019 This bill alters several Medicaid programs and funding mechanisms. (Sec....

January 11, 2019
-$1 Million
S. 199: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration...

Provides for the transfer of certain Federal land in the State of Minnesota for the...

February 08, 2019
-$156 Million
H.R. 3253: Empowering Beneficiaries, Ensuring Access, and...

Provides for certain extensions with respect to the Medicaid program under title XIX of the...

June 17, 2019
-$234 Million
H.R. 3151: Taxpayer First Act

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

June 10, 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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