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Benjamin L. Cardin

Benjamin L. Cardin

D MD · Senate

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Policy Effects

Estimated effects on people, organizations, and industries in bills this legislator sponsored, cosponsored, or voted on. Includes bills they voted against.

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Only direct effects with high or medium confidence in the policy-area assignment are included. Bills are connected through sponsorship, cosponsorship, or Yea/Nay votes; a vote against a bill does not reverse its assessed effects. Vote dates filter recorded votes and vote-linked bills; sponsorship remains included.

Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

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sres605-118

Primary Sponsor

Recognizing 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.

1 clause

sres37-118

Primary Sponsor

Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

3 clauses

s5491-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To 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.

113 clauses Dec 11, 2024

s5454-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To update the United States policy towards Hong Kong, and for other purposes.

22 clauses Dec 9, 2024

s5416-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to address the disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Dec 3, 2024

s5320-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to authorize certain long-term contracts for Federal purchases of energy, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Nov 14, 2024

s5195-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To establish a verifiable international terrestrial ecosystem services conservation program and provide international technical assistance for the development of markets, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Sep 25, 2024

s5119-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To codify in statute certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation.

3 clauses Sep 19, 2024

s4773-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.

392 clauses Jul 25, 2024

s4706-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To modernize the business of selling firearms.

21 clauses Jul 11, 2024
Electronic Shopping Government State & Local Government Sporting Goods Stores

sres606-118

Cosponsor In Committee

To recognize the 203rd anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States.

1 clause Mar 21, 2024

s3964-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes.

1 clause Mar 14, 2024

s3854-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To combat transnational repression abroad, to strengthen tools to combat authoritarianism, corruption, and kleptocracy, to invest in democracy research and development, and for other purposes.

21 clauses Feb 29, 2024
Foreign Entities Civic Organizations Defense Government

sres518-118

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Expressing solidarity with the people of Guatemala and urging the Government of Guatemala to permit a peaceful transfer of power to President-elect Bernardo Arévalo.

1 clause Jan 10, 2024

sres404-118

Cosponsor

Designating October 4, 2023, as Energy Efficiency Day in celebration of the economic and environmental benefits that have been driven by private sector innovation and Federal energy efficiency policies.

1 clause Oct 4, 2023

s2851-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.

11 clauses Sep 19, 2023

s2769-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 to prevent wage theft and assist in the recovery of stolen wages, to authorize the Secretary of Labor to administer grants to prevent wage and hour violations, and for other purposes.

14 clauses Sep 12, 2023

s2710-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To provide for the conservation of the Chesapeake Bay, and for other purposes.

6 clauses Jul 27, 2023

s2344-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.

213 clauses Jul 18, 2023

s2176-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jun 22, 2023
Healthcare Religious Organizations Consumers
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