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U.S. Senator · Vermont
Peter Welch
DemocratState D+17119th Congress
Typical swing score17#94 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Peter Welch’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office115 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 66 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 66 of the 2092 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 94, S. 138, S. 161, S. 222, S. 323 and 61 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 94 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 138 VA Home Loan Awareness Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 161 She DRIVES Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 222 Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 323 PLAN for Broadband Act
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Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2029
- Senate class
- Class 3
- Seniority
- Junior senator
- Next election
- November 7, 2028
- Years in office
- 19.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryMinority · 8th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology
- Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and CreditRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
- Senate Committee on FinanceMinority · 13th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Welch← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.399 is 0.04 to the left of the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average- 119th Congress0Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1801–1850 of 2040 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.Res. 600A resolution recognizing January 2026 as "National Mentoring Month".Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 17 | Entrenched |
| S.Res. 601A resolution designating the week beginning February 2, 2026, as "National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week". |