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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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s5586-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Dec 18, 2024

s5570-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a grant program to rebuild and improve transportation infrastructure at urban waterfronts, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Dec 17, 2024

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

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

s5377-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To 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.

8 clauses Nov 21, 2024

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

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

s5191-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To award grants to States to support efforts at institutions of higher education to increase degree attainment, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Sep 25, 2024

s5095-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To counter efforts to recognize or normalize relations with any Government of Syria that is led by Bashar al-Assad, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Sep 18, 2024

sres823-118

Cosponsor

Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in the United States and the immense contributions of Latinos to the United States.

1 clause Sep 17, 2024

s5076-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require periodic updates to the comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to information in Iran, to authorize grants to support and develop programs in Iran that promote or expand an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure Internet, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Sep 17, 2024

s4961-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens.

4 clauses Aug 1, 2024

s4902-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prevent discrimination, including harassment, in employment.

37 clauses Jul 31, 2024

s4887-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To protect certain victims of human trafficking by expanding the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant such aliens continued presence in the United States.

1 clause Jul 31, 2024

s4773-118

Cosponsor Introduced

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

392 clauses Jul 25, 2024

s4680-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Jens Stoltenberg, in recognition of his contributions to the security, unity, and defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

3 clauses Jul 11, 2024

s4647-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require the transfer of regulatory control of certain munitions exports from the Department of Commerce to the Department of State, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Jul 9, 2024

s4595-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To improve the structure of the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Jun 20, 2024
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