Daniel Davis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week led colleagues Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in introducing the Sanctions and Accountability for Non-Compliance and Transparent Investigative…

Bills build on Welch’s WEATHER Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced the Natural Disaster Education and Outreach Act and the State Climate Assessment Act, bills that would improve state-level climate research and public education campaigns to boost local resilience, recovery,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate floor Tuesday to advocate for the freedom of political prisoners around the world. The Senators urged bipartisan cooperation to secure the release of prisoners of conscience…

The long-shot proposal by Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin III (I-West Virginia) would impose 18-year term limits on new justices. About four in 10 Americans said they have hardly any confidence in the Supreme Court, according to a June poll from…

A pair of lawmakers have sent a letter to the heads of two U.S. antitrust agencies raising concerns that DraftKings and FanDuel are blocking competition from emerging sports betting operators. U.S. Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Peter Welch, D-Vt., sent a letter Thursday to the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department…