Benjamin L. Cardin
AnalysisD MD · Senate
Healthcare
+66Government Operations
-29Education
-78Environment
+36Finance
+16Foreign Policy
-40Defense
-6Labor
+47Elections
-9Regulated Industries
-49Criminal Justice
+28Energy
+26Technology
-18Transportation
-6Judiciary
-63Foreign Affairs
+5Civil Rights
+1Trade
-22Housing
-9Healthcare Consumers
-32Industry Impact Profile
2760 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
s2534-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
s1-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.
s2344-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.
s2266-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide greater access to higher education for America’s students, to eliminate educational barriers for participation in a public service career, and for other purposes.
s2217-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
s2185-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Small Business Act to require an annual report on entrepreneurial development programs, and for other purposes.
s2213-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improve survivorship, treatment, transition to recovery and beyond, quality of life and palliative care, and long-term health outcomes, including by developing a minimum standard of care for cancer survivorship, irrespective of the type of cancer, a survivor’s background, or forthcoming survivorship needs, and for other purposes.
s2172-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain federally subsidized loan repayments for dental school faculty.
s2081-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require venue-specific heat illness emergency action plans for any institution of higher education that is a member of an athletic association or athletic conference, and for other purposes.
s5-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
s2016-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.
s1992-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the earned income and child tax credits, and for other purposes.
s1916-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo establish in the Department of State the Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, and for other purposes.
s1908-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo establish judicial ethics.
s1723-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.
s1714-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes.
s1661-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo establish the Strength in Diversity Program, and for other purposes.
s1664-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
s1651-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo encourage increased trade and investment between the United States and the countries in the Western Balkans, and for other purposes.
s1606-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo end preventable maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health disparities in the United States, and for other purposes.
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