Bernard (Bernie) Sanders (I)
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Capitol: 202.224.5141
FAX: 202.228.0776
District: 802.862.0697
Senator
Room 332 DSOB- Dirksen Senate Office Building 100 Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510-4504

Residence: Burlington, VT
Elected: 2006    Next Election: 2018
Spouse: Jane O'Meara Driscoll   DOB: 9/8/1941
Committee Assignments
ChairmanSenate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
ChairmanSenate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
ChairmanSenate Defend Social Security Caucus
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy
MemberSenate Subcommittee on National Parks
FC MemberCongressional Progressive Caucus
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Children and Families
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
MemberSenate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Water and Power
MemberSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
MemberSenate Committee on Environment and Public Works
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Energy
MemberSenate Committee on Budget
FC MemberSenate Nursing Caucus
FC MemberSenate Working Group on Malaria
FC MemberSenate Bike Caucus
FC MemberSenate Military Family Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Former Mayors Caucus
FC MemberSenate Rural Education Caucus
MemberJoint Economic Committee
FC MemberSenate Caucus on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children
FC MemberBicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
FC MemberNortheast-Midwest Senate Coalition
FC MemberSenate Friends of Scotland Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Bicameral High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Caucus
FC MemberSenate Afterschool Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
FC MemberSenate Diabetes Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Sportsmen's Caucus
FC MemberSenate Rural Health Caucus
FC MemberSenate National Guard Caucus
FC MemberCongressional TRIO Caucus
FC MemberCoalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE)
FC MemberCongressional Internet Caucus
FC MemberBipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
FC MemberRenewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Wine Caucus
FC MemberMultiple Sclerosis Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Fire Services Caucus

Bio

Bernie Sanders was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives. He is the longest serving independent member of Congress in American history. Born in 1941 in Brooklyn, Bernie was the younger of two sons in a modest-income family. After graduation from the University of Chicago in 1964, he moved to Vermont. Early in his career, Sanders was director of the American People’s Historical Society. Elected Mayor of Burlington by 10 votes in 1981, he served four terms. Before his 1990 election as Vermont's at-large member in Congress, Sanders lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and at Hamilton College in upstate New York.

The Almanac of American Politics has called Sanders a "practical" and "successful legislator." He has focused on the shrinking middle class and widening income gap in America that is greater than at any time since the Great Depression. Other priorities include reversing global warming, universal health care, fair trade policies, supporting veterans and preserving family farms. He serves on five Senate committees- Budget; Veterans; Energy; Environment; and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.