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Bernard Sanders

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6 AI votes on record2 press releases on AI$54K itemized from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026 · contributions Sep 9, 2026 (incomplete) · super PAC spending Sep 11, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

What they said

toward oversightSep 3, 2026

Sanders would permanently ban superintelligent AI and pause advanced AI development until a new federal regulator sets safety rules.

“WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) today announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, forthcoming legislation to stop AI oligarchs from building mac…”

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toward oversightAug 10, 2026

Sanders urges Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI to immediately pause AI development because models are escaping human control, warning the Senate will act if they don't.

“BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 10 – Following recent and repeated public reporting about artificial intelligence (AI) technology breaking outside of human control and creating potentially dangerous viruses, Se…”

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Summaries and stance tags are written by a model; the release is the record.

How they voted

YEAJul 16, 2026
Motion to Proceed to S.J. Res. 198; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".

motion to proceed · S.J.Res. 198 · Rejected 46-50

NAYJul 14, 2026
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 4784; An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

cloture · S. 4784 · Rejected 50-46

NAYDec 17, 2025
Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

procedural · S. 1071 · Agreed to 77-20

NAYDec 15, 2025
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

cloture · S. 1071 · Agreed to 76-20

NAYDec 11, 2025
Motion to Proceed to the House Message to Accompany S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

motion to proceed · S. 1071 · Agreed to 75-22

YEAJul 1, 2025
To strike the section relating to support for artificial intelligence.

amendment · H.R. 1 · S.Amdt. 2814 · Agreed to 99-1

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$54K

From employees and investors, personally

$0

From company PACs

573

Itemized receipts

By employer

Company PACs in blue; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
Feb 22, 2025Chad PlummerNVIDIA$4K↗
Jan 27, 2026Nyao LiAMAZON.COM INC$3K↗
Mar 4, 2025Marcus WaineoNVIDIA CORPORATION$3K↗
Mar 4, 2025Marcus WaineoNVIDIA CORPORATION$2K↗
Oct 5, 2025Rory SayresGOOGLE$1K↗
Sep 10, 2025Longshaokan WangAMAZON$1K↗
Apr 13, 2025Martin HessAMAZON$1K↗
Apr 13, 2025Alexander BehmDATABRICKS$1K↗
Mar 23, 2025Martin HessAMAZON$1K↗
Mar 22, 2025Aniruddha VaidyaNVIDIA CORPORATION$1K↗
Mar 10, 2025Martin HessAMAZON$1K↗
Mar 1, 2025Marcus WaineoNVIDIA CORPORATION$1K↗
Feb 24, 2025Nathaniel CherryMICROSOFT$1K↗
Feb 24, 2025Damir AzdajicMICROSOFT$1K↗
Feb 18, 2025Russell SongcoMETA PLATFORMS$1K↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Sep 9, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.