Benjamin L. Cardin
AnalysisD MD · Senate
Elections
-7Healthcare
+68Foreign Affairs
+24Labor
+49Foreign Policy
-30Finance
+9Trade
-22Technology
+8Education
+34Judiciary
-37Defense
-11Energy
+19Government Operations
-27Voting Rights
+2Campaign Finance
-6International Affairs
+2Public Lands
+10Environment
+17Labor & Employment
+6Civil Rights
+12Industry Impact Profile
1456 industry impacts
How this is computed
P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote
Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.
Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.
Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.
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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.
Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
sres605-118
Primary SponsorRecognizing the 75th anniversary of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and its critical role in improving the dental, oral, and craniofacial health of the United States through research, training, and the dissemination of health information.
sres645-118
CosponsorDesignating the week of April 20 through April 28, 2024, as National Park Week.
sres67-118
CosponsorSupporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month.
sres37-118
Primary SponsorAuthorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
sres412-118
CosponsorSupporting the nearly 150,000 United Auto Workers currently negotiating collective bargaining agreements with the “Big Three” automakers.
sres221-118
Primary SponsorPromoting minority health awareness and supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month in April 2023, which include bringing attention to the health disparities faced by minority populations of the United States such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders.
s5586-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment, and for other purposes.
s5581-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo strengthen and expand efforts to identify, include, and advance untapped potential in the United States’ international affairs workforce to strengthen national security, and for other purposes.
s5570-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a grant program to rebuild and improve transportation infrastructure at urban waterfronts, and for other purposes.
s5574-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo support Lebanon’s rule of law and democratic institutions through sanctions, grants, and scholarships, and for other purposes.
s5491-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo mobilize United States strategic, economic, and diplomatic tools to confront the challenges posed by the People’s Republic of China and to set a positive agenda for United States economic and diplomatic efforts abroad, and for other purposes.
sres925-118
CosponsorRelating to the death of the Honorable Fred R. Harris, former Senator for the State of Oklahoma.
s5454-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo update the United States policy towards Hong Kong, and for other purposes.
s5416-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to address the disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers, and for other purposes.
sres915-118
CosponsorDesignating September 2024 as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
s5381-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the State of Maryland and provide for its administration as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
sres908-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeExpressing support for the goals of Stomach Cancer Awareness Month.
sres902-118
CosponsorRelating to the death of Timothy Peter Johnson, former Senator for the State of South Dakota.
s5377-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo develop a strategy for increasing access to independent information for Chinese citizens, to establish an interagency task force to carry out such strategy, and for other purposes.
s5320-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to authorize certain long-term contracts for Federal purchases of energy, and for other purposes.
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