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Bernard Sanders

U.S. Senator · Vermont

IndependentBioguide S000033

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Overview

Chamber: Senate
State / territory: Vermont
District: Not applicable
Affiliation: Independent
Congress: 119th Congress
Bioguide ID: S000033

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Current Trust

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Member Trust history

Real participant Trust for Bernard Sanders

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Congressional service

Congressional service history

119th Congress · Senate

Vermont · 2025–Present

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117th Congress · Senate

Vermont · 2021–2023

116th Congress · Senate

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102th Congress · House

Vermont · 1991–1993

Official Biography

Reviewed official biography

Bernie Sanders is serving his fourth term in the U.S. Senate after winning re-election in 2024. His previous 16 years in the House of Representatives make him the longest serving independent member of Congress in American history .

Born in 1941 in Brooklyn, Sanders attended James Madison High School, Brooklyn College and the University of Chicago. After graduating in 1964, he moved to Vermont. In 1981, he was elected to the first of four terms as mayor of Burlington. Sanders lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and at Hamilton College in upstate New York before his 1990 election as Vermont’s at-large member in Congress.

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Official sources

Reviewed identity and profile provenance

Official Senate directory ↗Biographical Directory · S000033 ↗

Identity catalog as of: Aug 19, 2026
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Congress.gov record updated: Mar 8, 2026, 10:32 UTC
Profile snapshot collected: Aug 21, 2026, 11:42 UTC

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Legislative activity

Cumulative legislative activity

Sponsored legislation: 1,184
Cosponsored legislation: 7,927

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Current Committee Assignments

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Committee on Environment and Public Works

Committee on Finance

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Committee on the Budget

Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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Independence & non-affiliation

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