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
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-106	Apr 27, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-106 US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 33 A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for…	On the Concurrent Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-105	Apr 23, 2026	Concurrent Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-105 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-87	Apr 21, 2026	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-87 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-104	Apr 23, 2026	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-104 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-103	Apr 23, 2026	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-103 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-102	Apr 23, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-102 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-101	Apr 23, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-101 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-100	Apr 23, 2026	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-100 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-99	Apr 23, 2026	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-99 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-98	Apr 23, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-98 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-97	Apr 23, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-97 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-96	Apr 23, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-96 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-95	Apr 22, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-95 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-94	Apr 22, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-94 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-93	Apr 22, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-93 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-92	Apr 22, 2026	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-92 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-91	Apr 22, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-91 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-90	Apr 22, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-90 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-89	Apr 22, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-89 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 114 A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or…	On the Motion to Discharge	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-88	Apr 22, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-88 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-86	Apr 20, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-86 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-85	Apr 16, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-85 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 140 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…	On the Joint Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-84	Apr 16, 2026	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-84 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-83	Apr 15, 2026	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-83 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Table	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-82	Apr 15, 2026	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-82 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.