Votes, bills and records by issue · 119th Congress
Agriculture and Food
Bernard Sanders
Independent, caucuses with Democrats, Vermont
On Agriculture and Food, the 32 measures they backed sit past the typical Democrat, on the far side from the typical Republican.
From votes
Too few votes for a position from votes: 0 votes cast, and a position needs 20.
From bills backed
32 measures · 1 sponsored · 31 cosponsored
Sits past the typical Democrat, on the far side from the typical Republican.
Exact figures
Positions are coordinates on the map's main axis. Only the distance from the typical Democrat and typical Republican means anything.
From bills backed
- Senator at −0.46
- Democratic caucus median −0.19, from 23 senators
- Republican caucus median −0.01, from 13 senators
Each mark is a senator. The vertical line is the typical senator in that caucus.
A position shows which senators someone votes or legislates alongside, not whether they are for or against a policy. Issues come from each bill's topic, so an issue can include amendments on other topics. Left and right on the strips have no meaning of their own. Bills often have backers from both parties, so a position from bills is read against the medians for bills, not against the position from votes. See how these summaries are written.
- Contested vote:
- a roll call where the losing side got at least 10% of the votes cast.
- Party break:
- a contested vote against the majority of their own party.
- Cosponsor:
- a senator who signs on to support a measure, a bill or resolution, that another senator introduced. Bills backed means sponsored or cosponsored.
- Typical senator:
- the middle senator of a group, with half on each side. "17% of the way" means 17% of the distance from the typical senator in one party to the typical senator in the other.
Legislation on this issue
These are records, not a score, and sponsoring a measure does not mean it moved. Simple and concurrent resolutions cannot become law, and a proposal enacted through a companion House bill or inside a larger bill is not counted as becoming law here.
Sponsored
Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Cosponsored
Agricultural Worker Justice Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Fairness for Small-Scale Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Milk From Family Dairies Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
BUFFER Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Small Farm Conservation Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Show the other 26 cosponsored measures
Natural Climate Solutions Research and Extension Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Farmland for Farmers Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Senior Hunger Prevention Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S883-887)
Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Opportunities in Organic Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Student Loan Deduction Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EATS Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
O DAIRY Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Rural Recovery Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Hot Foods Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
LOCAL Foods Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Honor Farmer Contracts Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
WEATHER Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
MAPLE Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.