Peter Welch

U.S. Senator (Class 3), VT

Democratic Vermont since Jan 3, 2023

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Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 3), VT current Vermont	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2029	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Vermont current United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 1, 2030	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, VT-At-Large Vermont	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2009	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL United States	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District VT-AL United States	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2009	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Rural Development, Energy, and Credit — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the Constitution — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Health Care unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Intellectual Property unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.400, social dim. -0.406. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
SRES 412 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain…	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-540	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-540 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-539	Oct 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-539 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-538	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-538 US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans…	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-537	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-537 US-GOV-PD
	On Passage of the Bill	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-535	Sep 30, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-535 US-GOV-PD
	On Passage of the Bill	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-528	Sep 19, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-528 US-GOV-PD
S 2882 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-536	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-536 US-GOV-PD
	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-534	Sep 30, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-534 US-GOV-PD
	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-527	Sep 19, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-527 US-GOV-PD
S 2806 Eliminate Shutdowns Act	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-533	Sep 29, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-533 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-532	Sep 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-532 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-531	Sep 29, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-531 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-530	Sep 19, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-530 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-529	Sep 19, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-529 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-526	Sep 18, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-526 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-525	Sep 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-525 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Decision of the Chair	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-524	Sep 17, 2025	Decision of Chair Not Sustained	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-524 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion to Reconsider	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-523	Sep 17, 2025	Motion to Reconsider Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-523 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-522	Sep 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-522 US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 22 A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for…	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-521	Sep 16, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-521 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 60 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…	On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-520	Sep 16, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-520 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-519	Sep 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-519 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-518	Sep 15, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-518 US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain…	On the Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-517	Sep 15, 2025	Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-517 US-GOV-PD
	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-516	Sep 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-516 US-GOV-PD

Campaign finance

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Jan 3, 2023–Dec 31, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 11:18 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loaded	Refunds/reversals loaded	Net receipts loaded
$393,210	$0	$393,210

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$40,996	WELCH FOR CONGRESS	WELCH FOR VERMONT	unclassified	Feb 27, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$13,843	RAYMOND JAMES	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$10,112	RAYMOND JAMES	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	Oct 31, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$9,515	RAYMOND JAMES	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	Mar 31, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$9,423	WELCH FOR CONGRESS	WELCH FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Feb 27, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$9,018	RAYMOND JAMES	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	Nov 30, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$8,437	RAYMOND JAMES	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	Jan 31, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$7,792	RAYMOND JAMES	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	Jul 31, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$7,690	RAYMOND JAMES	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$7,607	RAYMOND JAMES	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	Dec 31, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$6,680	RAYMOND JAMES	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	Apr 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$6,605	RAYMOND JAMES	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	May 31, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$6,354	BLUE STATE DIGITAL	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	Mar 31, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$6,217	RAYMOND JAMES	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	Nov 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$6,045	RAYMOND JAMES	WELCH FOR VERMONT	Corporate PAC	Aug 31, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest loaded receipts, not a complete total. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.