WE TRACK THOUSANDS OF POLITICIANS EACH AND EVERY DAY!

Their Biographies, Issue Positions, Voting Records, Public Statements, Ratings and their Funders.
Card image cap

Bernie Sanders' Voting Records on Issue: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Office:
  • U.S. Senate (VT) - Jr, Independent Majority Caucus Chair for Outreach

Current Issue:

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

See Bernie Sanders' Sponsorships Only

Vote Smart provides easy access to Congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. The summary does not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill. Summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to the organization's strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. Each key vote selection is reviewed by Vote Smart's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

Page 1 of 3

National Key Votes
Bill No. S 3744
Outcome Introduced - Senate
Date 05/14/2020
Bill No. S J Res 52
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (52 - 47)
Date 05/16/2018
Bill No. S J Res 57
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (51 - 47)
Date 04/18/2018
Bill No. HR 1865
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (97 - 2)
Date 03/21/2018
Bill No. S Amdt 1948
Outcome Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (54 - 45)
Date 02/15/2018
Bill No. S Amdt 1955
Outcome Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (52 - 47)
Date 02/15/2018
Bill No. S Amdt 1958
Outcome Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (54 - 45)
Date 02/15/2018
Bill No. S Amdt 1959
Outcome Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (39 - 60)
Date 02/15/2018
Bill No. S 139
Outcome Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (65 - 34)
Date 01/18/2018
Bill No. H J Res 40
Outcome Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (57 - 43)
Date 02/15/2017
Bill No. HR 2048
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (67 - 32)
Date 06/02/2015
Bill No. S 2685
Outcome Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (58 - 42)
Date 11/18/2014
Bill No. S 2685
Outcome Introduced - Senate
Date 07/29/2014
Bill No. S Amdt 2175
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (52 - 46)
Date 11/19/2013
Bill No. HR 5949
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (73 - 23)
Date 12/28/2012
Bill No. Treaty Doc. 112-7
Outcome Passage - Treaty Ratification Failed - Senate (61 - 38)
Date 12/04/2012
Bill No. S Amdt 3018
Outcome Passage - Amendment Adopted - Senate (67 - 29)
Date 11/29/2012
Bill No. S Amdt 3245
Outcome Passage - Amendment Adopted - Senate (54 - 41)
Date 11/29/2012
Bill No. HR 1540
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (86 - 13)
Date 12/15/2011
Bill No. S Amdt 1125
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (45 - 55)
Date 12/01/2011
Bill No. S Amdt 1126
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (45 - 55)
Date 12/01/2011
Bill No. S Amdt 1274
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (41 - 59)
Date 12/01/2011
Bill No. S Amdt 1107
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (38 - 60)
Date 11/29/2011
Bill No. S Amdt 753
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (47 - 52)
Date 10/21/2011
Bill No. S 990
Outcome Concurrence Vote With Amendment - Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (72 - 23)
Date 05/26/2011
Page 1 of 3
arrow_upward