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
s1381-118
Primary Sponsor ReportedTo authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Coastal Program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to work with willing partners and provide support to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance important coastal landscapes that provide fish and wildlife habitat on which certain Federal trust species depend, and for other purposes.
s1370-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo reauthorize and limit the pre-disaster mitigation program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
s1300-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo 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.
s1289-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to strengthen requirements related to nutrient information on food labels, and for other purposes.
s1272-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for examination and disclosure with respect to Presidential income tax returns, to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the disclosure of certain tax returns by Presidents and certain candidates for the office of the President, and for other purposes.
s1230-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo award a Congressional Gold Medal to Master Sergeant Rodrick Roddie Edmonds in recognition of his heroic actions during World War II.
s1210-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo designate a laboratory as the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, and for other purposes.
s1220-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo establish the position of Special Envoy to the Pacific Islands Forum.
s1176-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes.
s1143-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a grant program to increase cooperation on post-traumatic stress disorder research between the United States and Israel.
sres142-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeExpressing concern about environmental crimes and attacks on the human rights of environmental and land defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean.
s1111-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo enhance United States civil nuclear leadership, support the licensing of advanced nuclear technologies, strengthen the domestic nuclear energy fuel cycle and supply chain, and improve the regulation of nuclear energy, and for other purposes.
s1031-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo ensure affordable abortion coverage and care for every person, and for other purposes.
sres138-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeHighlighting the risks that environmental defenders face around the world and commending their role in defending human rights, combating climate chaos, and supporting a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
s1007-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples, and for other purposes.
s977-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide grants for fire station construction through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
s962-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo 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.
s831-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo address transnational repression by foreign governments against private individuals, and for other purposes.
s847-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo establish the International Children with Disabilities Protection Program within the Department of State, and for other purposes.
s841-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo authorize the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, to enhance the United States-Caribbean security partnership, to prioritize natural disaster resilience, and for other purposes.
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