Ranked most liberal compared to Serving 10+ Years 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 2019 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Sanders’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); All Senators (1st percentile).

Got their bills out of committee the least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 1 other) Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Sanders introduced 1 bill in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: S.J.Res. 7: 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 23 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Sanders caucused with in 2019. 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.

Was 2nd most absent in votes compared to All Senators Sanders missed 63.3% of votes (271 of 428 votes) in 2019. View Sanders’s Profile » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (98th percentile); All Senators (98th percentile).

Ranked the 3rd 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 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Sanders’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (5th percentile); All Senators (14th percentile).

Got influential cosponsors the 4th least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 2 others) 1 of Sanders’s bills and resolutions in 2019 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. 150: Raise the Wage Act Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (7th percentile); All Senators (9th percentile).

Introduced the 10th fewest bills compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 2 others) Sanders introduced 23 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); All Senators (23rd percentile).

Got the 11th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Serving 10+ Years Sanders’s bills and resolutions had 169 cosponsors in 2019. 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 (24th percentile); All Senators (36th percentile).

Laws Enacted Sanders introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. 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 (40th percentile); All Senators (67th percentile).