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U.S. Senator, Vermont · Democrat

Peter Welch

164 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for28330.9%
  • Voted against57963.3%
  • Did not vote535.8%
94.2%
of the votes they could cast
164
statements indexed
6,571
words on the floor

Turned up for 94.2% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Welch voted 94 times out of every 100 they could. That is less than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Ron Wyden more than anyone else. The two agreed 96 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Susan M. Collins. They agreed 24 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 8 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
January 3, 2023
Terms served
1 term in the Senate
Previously
8 terms in the House
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
Born
May 2, 1947

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Welch's indexed remarks sit on measures checking the executive. Six fall under resolutions of congressional disapproval, five under terminating a declared national emergency, four under the removal of United States forces from hostilities. Honduras, Iran, Ukraine, USAID and home energy assistance follow at three each.

The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.

What Was Said, and What Was Done

164 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Peter Welch’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.

All 164 statements, with a search →

Counted from the record

What Their Votes Add Up To

The Senate takes 54 votes of this kind this Congress against the House's 391: its floor time goes to cloture motions and nominations, where a yes does not mean pass the thing. There is not enough here to set out.

Voting With Their Party

On the 842 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Peter Welch voted on 799 and was with the Democrat majority on 774 of them.

799 party line votes cast

  • With their party77496.9%
  • Against their party253.1%

Votes Against Their Own Party

Who They Vote With

In Their Own Party

Of the votes both took part in.

Voting Across the Aisle

The record itself

Where the Words Are

The Congressional Record marks Peter Welch as speaking in 405 items of business across 115 sitting days of this Congress.

Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every Recorded Vote

All 915 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists Peter Welch. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.

All 915 recorded votes, newest first →

Elsewhere in the Record

The other Vermont seat in this chamber is held by Bernard Sanders.

How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.