Got their bills out of committee the least often compared to All Senators Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Sanders introduced 1 bill in the 115th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: S.J.Res. 54: A joint resolution to direct ... Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile).

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the fewest bills compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 1 other) In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 1 of Sanders’s 31 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Sanders caucused with in the 115th Congress. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.

Ranked 2nd most liberal compared to All Senators Our unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 115th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Sanders’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (2nd percentile); All Senators (1st percentile).

Ranked the 2nd bottom/follower compared to Serving 10+ Years Our unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 115th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Sanders’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (2nd percentile); All Senators (9th percentile).

Got influential cosponsors the 3rd least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 1 other) 1 of Sanders’s bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward. Those bills were: S. 1242: Raise the Wage Act Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (4th percentile); All Senators (5th percentile).

Got the 6th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Serving 10+ Years Sanders’s bills and resolutions had 174 cosponsors in the 115th Congress. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (11th percentile); All Senators (29th percentile).

Introduced the 10th fewest bills compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 3 others) Sanders introduced 31 bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (20th percentile); All Senators (26th percentile).

Laws Enacted Sanders introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 115th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile). The legislator must be the primary sponsor of the bill or joint resolution that was enacted or the primary sponsor of a bill or joint resolution for which at least about one third of its text was incorporated into another bill or joint resolution that was enacted as law, as determined by an automated analysis. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. We also exclude bills where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill.

Committee Positions Sanders held a leadership position on 1 committee and 1 subcommittee, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Sanders’s Profile » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (37th percentile); All Senators (66th percentile).

Bills Cosponsored Sanders cosponsored 316 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (54th percentile); All Senators (61st percentile).