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Bernie (Bernie) Sanders (I)
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Capitol: 202.224.5141 FAX: 202.228.0776 District: 802.862.0697 District FAX: 802.860.6370
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Senator
Room 332 DSOB- Dirksen Senate Office Building 100 Constitution Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20510-4504
Residence: Burlington, VT
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Elected: 2006 Next Election: 2024 | Spouse: Jane O'Meara Driscoll DOB: 9/8/1941 |
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FC Member | Northeast Agricultural Caucus | FC Member | House Livable Communities Task Force | Co-Chair | Hurricane Irene Coalition | FC Member | Northeast Water, Air, and Waste Management Caucus | Chairman | Senate Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy | Co-Chair | Congressional Telehealth Caucus | FC Member | Distributed Generation Caucus | Co-Chair | House Outdoor Recreation Caucus (HORC) | FC Member | Access to Legal Aid Caucus | Co-Chair | Congressional Energy Savings Performance Caucus | FC Member | Green Schools Caucus | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law | FC Member | Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition (NEMW) | FC Member | Congressional Creative Rights Caucus | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and Security | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources | Member | Joint Economic Committee | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights | FC Member | Congressional Reformers Caucus | FC Member | Brain Injury Task Force | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Security | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime Freight, and Ports | Member | Senate Committee on Rules and Administration | FC Member | House Specialty Crops Caucus | FC Member | Northern Border Caucus | Member | Senate Committee on the Judiciary | FC Member | Congressional Arts Caucus | Member | Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry | FC Member | NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus | FC Member | Electrification Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Assisting Caregivers Today (ACT) Caucus | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband | FC Member | Congressional Community Health Center Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Bicameral High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Caucus | Member | Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | FC Member | Congressional Manufactured Housing Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Animal Protection Caucus | FC Member | Rural Health Care Coalition | FC Member | Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Internet Caucus | Co-Chair | Dairy Caucus | FC Member | Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Caucus | FC Member | Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease | FC Member | Congressional Wine Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Fire Services Caucus |
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BioBernie Sanders is serving his third term in the U.S. Senate after winning re-election in 2018. 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 (by 10 votes) 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.
The Almanac of American Politics calls Sanders a "practical and successful legislator." Throughout his career he has focused on the shrinking American middle class and the growing income and wealth gaps in the United States. As chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Sanders in 2014 passed legislation reforming the VA health care system. Congressional Quarterly said he was able "to bridge Washington's toxic partisan divide and cut one of the most significant deals in years."
Today, Sanders remains on the veterans committee and was tapped by Senate leadership to be the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. He also serves on the Environment and Public Works Committee, where he has focused on global warming and rebuilding our nation's crumbling infrastructure. He is a member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where he has championed efforts to transform our energy system from fossil fuels to renewable power sources like solar and wind. He also sits on the Senate Budget Committee, which he was chairman of last Congress, and led the committee's fight against corporate greed.
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