Sanders, Bernard

Sanders, Bernard is a Independent Senator representing Vermont. They serve on 5 committees, including Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senate Committee on Finance and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

They have raised $39K in campaign contributions, with most of it from individual donors. The biggest industry source is communications/electronics, contributing $16K. Organizations spend $2.7 billion lobbying on topics their committees oversee. The biggest areas are budget/appropriations and taxation. This reflects the lobbying ecosystem around their committee work, not money paid to them directly.

They vote in most roll calls, participating in 92% of roll calls. They frequently work across the aisle, with 100% of their co-sponsored bills involving members of the other party.

5 former staff members from their office now work as lobbyists. Combined, they represent $9.5 million in lobbying activity.

Overall, they have a typical financial footprint for a senator. The biggest factors are lobbying activity around their committee topics and former staff becoming lobbyists.