Politician
Peter Welch
United States Senator from Vermont since 2023
Politician
United States Senator from Vermont since 2023
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Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
State
VT
In office since
2023
Next election
2028
Votes recorded
890
Total votes
890
Missed
53 (6.0%)
Committees
4
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Supports transitioning agriculture and rural communities to cleaner energy through incentives for efficiency upgrades, electrification, and renewable infrastructure.
Votes supported disapproval of EPA rules tightening emissions reporting and coal plant standards.
🗳 Yea on SJRES187 (2026-08-05)🗳 Yea on SJRES188 (2026-06-03)
Opposes mass deportation and anti-immigrant enforcement actions, supports legal status for Dreamers, and favors reforming the broken immigration and asylum system.
Multiple votes on S2 supported DACA processing, opposed deportations of recipients, and rejected enforcement provisions.
🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-04)
Supports abortion rights, opposing restrictions on abortion access and funding, and backing access to contraception.
No votes in the record address abortion access, funding, restrictions, or contraception.
Supports reforming the H-2A visa program to better protect and serve migrant farm workers who are vital to Vermont's dairy and agricultural economy.
No votes address H-2A visa reform or protections for migrant farm workers.
Supports legislation to enforce dairy standards, expand international market access, and establish a dairy supply management program for Vermont farmers.
No votes address dairy standards, market access, or supply management programs.
S. 5281 — Consumer Advocacy and Protection Act of 2026
2026-08-06 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S. 5159 — STRONG GRID Act of 2026
2026-07-29 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S. 5122 — Inclusive Democracy Act of 2026
2026-07-22 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
S. 2455 — TRAIN Act
2026-01-22 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.