Federal · U.S. Senate
Peter Welch
U.S. Senator · Vermont · Party: Democratic
65 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.
Office
- Office
- U.S. Senator
- District
- Vermont
- Party
- Democratic
- Term
- Since 2023
- Body
- U.S. Senate
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Peter Welch's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
How the platform is recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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To modify the provision terminating the residential clean energy credit, and for other purposes.
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To maintain parity for wind and solar facilities under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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To strike the section relating to support for artificial intelligence.
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To cut the price of prescription drugs under Medicare in half and expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing.
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To strike a provision relating to limitations on certain Medicaid payments.
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To terminate wind and solar credits.
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To eliminate a program of qualified elementary and secondary education scholarships for public, private, or religious schools.
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for expenses of home educators.
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply a 39.6 percent individual income tax rate, and to provide additional funding and specify eligible providers under the Rural Health Transformation Program.
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To prohibit the use of Defense Production Act of 1950 funds without the approval of Congress.
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To prohibit Federal financial participation under Medicaid and CHIP for individuals without verified citizenship, nationality, or satisfactory immigration status.
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No Statement of Purpose on File.
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To prevent cryptocurrency corruption.
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To reduce the FMAP for the Medicaid expansion to 80 percent in expansion States that provide State-funded coverage to aliens who are not qualified aliens and who are have been charged with or convicted of certain acts.
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To strike the reduction in the funding cap for the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the enhanced premium tax credits and increase the individual tax rate for taxpayers with income of $10,000,000.
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H.R. 1
A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
On the Decision of the Chair
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In the nature of a substitute.
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H.R. 1
A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
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S.J.Res. 59
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
On the Motion to Discharge
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Kenneth Kies, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
On the Nomination
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Kenneth Kies, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
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Paul Dabbar, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce
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Paul Dabbar, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce
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Daniel Zimmerman, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense
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Daniel Zimmerman, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense
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Rodney Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
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Olivia Trusty, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2025
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Rodney Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
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S. 1582
A bill to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes.
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Olivia Trusty, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2025
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Gary Andres, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
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Raised · 2025–2026
$218,690
Spent $315,594 · Cash on hand $1,616,348 as of Jun 30, 2026
Money raised by Peter Welch's campaign committees in 2025–2026, through Jun 30, 2026 (latest report: july quarterly 2026), as reported to the Federal Election Commission. These are facts about money, shown beside the voting record; they don't explain any vote.
Where it came from
- Small individual donors ($200 or less)$4,4292%
- Larger individual donors (more than $200)$67,30731%
- PACs and other political committees$36,50017%
- Political party committees$00%
- The candidate (own money and loans)$00%
- Other (transfers, refunds, interest)$110,45451%
For comparison, the average of the 98 senators with 2025–2026 filings loaded: raised $5,036,442; PACs 18% of money raised; small donors 19%; cash on hand $4,588,845. A senator's fundraising varies with where they are in a six-year term.
Top PACs
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$5,000
- NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC)$5,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ENROLLED AGENTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
- CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION PAC$4,000
- DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; AKA DFA-PAC$2,500
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS$2,500
- HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
- DRIVE - DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN INDEPENDENT VOTER ED$1,500
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS & ALLIED TRADE PAC$1,000
- THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AOTPAC)$1,000
The 10 largest of $36,500 from PACs and other political committees (17% of all money raised). Every PAC contribution at the FEC ↗
Outside spending for and against
None reported.
None reported.
Independent expenditures: spending on ads and outreach about this member, without coordinating with the campaign. This money isn't given to the campaign. FEC record ↗
Top contributing industries (approximate)
- Labor unions$13,500
- Issue and advocacy groups$7,000
- Technology and telecommunications$4,000
- Finance, insurance and banking$2,500
- Agriculture and food$2,500
- Education$2,040
- Retail and consumer goods$2,000
- Energy and utilities$1,000
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in PAC and employer names (how); 42% of these dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed. Employer amounts count only donors who gave more than $200, from the campaign's principal committee.
Donors' employers
- COMPREHENSIVE UROLOGY$7,000
- PIONEER VALLEY UROLOGY$6,000
- IDAHO UROLOGIC INSTITUTE$4,500
- VERMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE$360
- BRAINTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$180
- THE ASSURANCE GROUP$30
- UVM$30
Employers named by donors who gave more than $200, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never listed.
Source: Federal Election Commission (Peter Welch at the FEC ↗), 2025–2026. Read Oct 5, 2026. Federal law bars using contributor information from FEC reports to ask for contributions or for commercial purposes; ThePillory shows totals only and has no donor export. Methodology
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