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Benjamin L. Cardin

Benjamin L. Cardin

D MD · Senate

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Healthcare

+66
Helped 150 Hurt 84 Unclear 593

Government Operations

-29
Helped 27 Hurt 56 Unclear 651

Education

-78
Helped 83 Hurt 161 Unclear 225

Environment

+36
Helped 108 Hurt 72 Unclear 175

Finance

+16
Helped 98 Hurt 82 Unclear 99

Foreign Policy

-40
Helped 68 Hurt 108 Unclear 45

Defense

-6
Helped 32 Hurt 38 Unclear 142

Labor

+47
Helped 67 Hurt 20 Unclear 71

Elections

-9
Helped 64 Hurt 73 Unclear 12

Regulated Industries

-49
Helped 21 Hurt 70 Unclear 46

Criminal Justice

+28
Helped 78 Hurt 50 Unclear 8

Energy

+26
Helped 46 Hurt 20 Unclear 54

Technology

-18
Helped 37 Hurt 55 Unclear 27

Transportation

-6
Helped 8 Hurt 14 Unclear 92

Judiciary

-63
Helped 7 Hurt 70 Unclear 21

Foreign Affairs

+5
Helped 40 Hurt 35 Unclear 14

Civil Rights

+1
Helped 29 Hurt 28 Unclear 20

Trade

-22
Helped 19 Hurt 41 Unclear 2

Housing

-9
Helped 25 Hurt 34

Healthcare Consumers

-32
Helped 2 Hurt 34 Unclear 22
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

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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.

Positive-Effect Industries

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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.

Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

s5581-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To 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.

52 clauses Dec 18, 2024
Small Business General Public Federal Government Nonprofit Organizations

s5574-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To support Lebanon’s rule of law and democratic institutions through sanctions, grants, and scholarships, and for other purposes.

11 clauses Dec 17, 2024
Health Care Providers Environmental Services Federal Administration Defense Contractors

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
Health Care Providers Defense Contractors Federal Administration Financial Services

s5381-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To 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.

5 clauses Nov 21, 2024
Education Environmental Services Federal Administration Defense Contractors

s4469-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To improve the understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Jun 5, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s3987-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To protect stateless persons in the United States, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Mar 20, 2024
Federal Administration Education

s3705-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To protect individuals who face reprisals for defending human rights and democracy by enhancing the capacity of the United States Government to prevent, mitigate, and respond in such cases, and for other purposes.

10 clauses Jan 31, 2024
International Organizations Individuals Nonprofit Organizations All Industries

sres511-118

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Reinforcing the United States-Senegal relationship and urging the Government of Senegal to conduct free, fair, transparent, and inclusive elections on February 25, 2024.

1 clause Dec 18, 2023
Education

s2710-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

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

6 clauses Jul 27, 2023
Health Care Providers Education Environmental Services Federal Administration

s2515-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Jul 26, 2023
Federal Administration Financial Services Health Care Providers Education

s2266-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To 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.

29 clauses Jul 12, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Education

s2185-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Small Business Act to require an annual report on entrepreneurial development programs, and for other purposes.

10 clauses Jun 22, 2023
Financial Services Education Defense Contractors

s2172-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain federally subsidized loan repayments for dental school faculty.

2 clauses Jun 22, 2023
Health Care Providers Education

s2081-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To 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.

2 clauses Jun 21, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s1447-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program supporting trauma center violence intervention and violence prevention programs, and for other purposes.

2 clauses May 4, 2023
Education Environmental Groups Federal Government Lobbying

s1420-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.

1 clause May 3, 2023
Homeowners Consumers Education Federal Government

s1300-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of the late Prime Minister Golda Meir and the 75th anniversary of the United States-Israel relationship.

4 clauses Apr 26, 2023
Homeowners Education Environmental Groups Federal Government

s1084-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To eliminate racial, religious, and other discriminatory profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes.

11 clauses Mar 30, 2023
State and Local Government Higher Education Legal Services General Public

s667-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To provide for a Federal partnership to ensure educational equity and quality.

12 clauses Mar 7, 2023
State Government General Public Colleges and Universities Child Day Care Services

s609-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To establish a pilot program awarding competitive grants to organizations administering entrepreneurial development programming to formerly incarcerated individuals, and other purposes.

2 clauses Mar 1, 2023
Scientific Research Education Environmental Groups Federal Government
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