Got bipartisan cosponsors on the fewest bills compared to All Senators In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 0 of Sanders’s 30 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in the 114th Congress. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile).

Was most absent in votes compared to Serving 10+ Years Sanders missed 28.5% of votes (143 of 502 votes) in the 114th Congress. View Sanders’s Profile » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (98th percentile); All Senators (97th percentile).

Ranked the 3rd bottom/follower compared to All Senators 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 114th 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 (2nd percentile).

Got the 4th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Serving 10+ Years Sanders’s bills and resolutions had 64 cosponsors in the 114th 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 (6th percentile); All Senators (7th percentile).

Introduced the 12th fewest bills compared to Serving 10+ Years Sanders introduced 30 bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (23rd percentile); All Senators (32nd percentile).

Laws Enacted Sanders introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 114th 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.

Bills Out of Committee Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Sanders introduced 0 bills in the 114th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile).

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 (36th percentile); All Senators (66th percentile).