Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/07/2006
Next Election: 2012
Party: Independent

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Jane O'Meara; 1 Child, Levi; 3 Stepchildren: Heather, Carina, David
Birth date: 09/08/1941
Birthplace: New York, NY
Home City: Burlington VT
Religion: Jewish

Profession

Lecturer, Hamilton College, 1989-1990 Lecturer, Harvard University, 1989 Director, American People's Historical Society, 1977 Author Documentary Filmmaker

Education

BA, University of Chicago, 1964

Committees

Budget
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Joint Economic Committee
Subcommittee on Children and Families
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
Subcommittee on Energy
Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy
Subcommittee on National Parks
Subcommittee on Oversight
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Water and Power
Veterans' Affairs

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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