What is Bernie Sanders?
{{good}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bernie Sanders | image = Bernie Sanders 2023.jpg | alt = Bernie Sanders smiling | caption = Sanders in February 2023 | jr/sr = United States Senator | state = [[Vermont]] | alongside = [[Peter Welch]] | term_start = January 3, 2007 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Jim Jeffords]] | successor = | office1 = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee]] | term_start1 = January 3, 2023 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = [[Patty Murray]] | successor1 = | office2 = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on the Budget|Senate Budget Committee]] | term_start2 = February 3, 2021 | term_end2 = January 3, 2023 | predecessor2 = [[Mike Enzi]] | successor2 = [[Sheldon Whitehouse]] | office3 = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs|Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee]] | term_start3 = January 3, 2013 | term_end3 = January 3, 2015 | predecessor3 = [[Patty Murray]] | successor3 = [[Johnny Isakson]] | state4 = [[Vermont]] | district4 = {{ushr|VT|AL|at-large}} | term_start4 = January 3, 1991 | term_end4 = January 3, 2007 | predecessor4 = [[Peter Plympton Smith]] | successor4 = [[Peter Welch]] | office5 = 37th [[Burlington, Vermont|Mayor of Burlington]] | term_start5 = April 6, 1981 | term_end5 = April 4, 1989 | predecessor5 = Gordon Paquette | successor5 = Peter Clavelle | birth_name = Bernard Sanders | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|9|8}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | party = {{Plainlist| * [[Independent politician|Independent]]{{efn|Congr