Votes, bills and records by issue · 119th Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
Bernard Sanders
Independent, caucuses with Democrats, Vermont
On Crime and Law Enforcement, the 26 measures they backed sit 15% past the typical Democrat, on the far side from the typical Republican.
From votes
Too few votes for a position from votes: 4 votes cast, and a position needs 20.
From bills backed
26 measures · 26 cosponsored
Sits 15% 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 −0.47
- Democratic caucus median −0.37, from 39 senators
- Republican caucus median 0.25, from 35 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.
Votes on this issue
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
Voted Nay
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.
Cosponsored
SAFE for Survivors Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2417-2418; text: CR S2418)
Smarter Sentencing Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S733-734)
A concurrent resolution recognizing the 15th anniversary of the January 8, 2011, Tucson, Arizona, shooting and honoring the survivors and victims, including former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, a gun violence survivor and one of the most influential voices of courage in the United States in the fight to end gun violence.
Latest action, : Held at the desk.
Background Check Completion Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Show the other 21 cosponsored measures
Background Check Expansion Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A joint resolution terminating the emergency determined by the President on August 11, 2025, in the Executive Order titled "Declaring a crime emergency in the District of Columbia".
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Epstein Files Transparency Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.
End Solitary Confinement Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America’s Streets Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Break the Cycle of Violence Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Strengthening Protections for Domestic Violence and Stalking Survivors Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Andrew Kearse Accountability for Denial of Medical Care Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Assault Weapons Ban of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
BUMP Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Keep Americans Safe Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1350)
Ethan's Law
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Age 21 Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A resolution condemning the pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police Officers.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S435-436)