Member of Congress

Bernard Sanders

U.S. Senator · VT · Independent

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

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Bernard Sanders is a U.S. Senator for VT (Independent) who serves on 14 congressional committees, including as Ranking Member of Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. In FY2026, federal awards worth $8.9B were performed in Vermont. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Follow the public money trail around this seat: the federal awards performed in Vermont, and the PAC contributions reported to the FEC. Federal work in a state is shown as public context, not a claim about this member’s role in any award.

Federal spending in Vermont · FY2026 · data still posting

Computed
Obligated for work performed here
$8.9B
Top recipient
Human Services Vermont Agency of $2.3B
Largest award performed here, by total value
Medicaid Entitlement for 58 - Fy 2026 - T19 $1.4B · awarded 2025
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Federal work in this state is shown as public context. It is not a claim about this member’s role in any award. Follow the money, not the corruption.

PAC contributions received

By election cycle, most recent first.Source

2024 cycle$95,612 from 21 PACs· the top 10 PACs gave 67% of it
Air Line Pilots Association PAC$10,000
Transport Workers Union of America Political Contributions Committee$10,000
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club$10,000
Aksm Urology Political Action Committee 'Aksm Urology PAC'$5,000
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E$5,000
Courage to Change$5,000
D.r.i.v.e. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (the PAC of the Int'l Brhd of Teamsters)$5,000
End Citizens United$5,000
Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers$5,000
National Association of Letter Carriers of U.S.A. Political Fund (Letter Carrier Political Fund)$5,000
Show all 21 PACs
  1. National Nurses United PAC - a Fund for a Healthy America$5,000
  2. National Union of Healthcare Workers Federal Committee on Political Education$5,000
  3. Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education)$5,000
  4. Jstreetpac$3,000
  5. Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Inc. PAC (Everytown PAC)$2,500
  6. National Postal Mail Handlers Union - Division of Laborers' Int'l Union of North America$2,500
  7. Reproductive Freedom for All PAC$2,500
  8. Sierra Club Political Committee$2,062
  9. Nea Fund for Children and Public Education$2,000
  10. Transportation Trades Department Afl-CIO Political Action Committee (Ttd/PAC)$1,000
  11. League of Conservation Voters Action Fund$50
2020 cycle$5,000 from 1 PAC
American Association of Clinical Urologists PAC (Uropac)$5,000

contribution reported to the FEC, a public campaign-finance record.

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