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
s1744-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize the SCORE program, and for other purposes.
s1714-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes.
s1651-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo encourage increased trade and investment between the United States and the countries in the Western Balkans, and for other purposes.
s1486-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo address financial conflicts of interest of the President and Vice President.
s1409-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo protect the safety of children on the internet.
s1370-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo reauthorize and limit the pre-disaster mitigation program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
sres185-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeDesignating April 2023 as Financial Literacy Month.
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.
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.
s1171-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo amend chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading stocks and owning stocks, 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.
s831-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo address transnational repression by foreign governments against private individuals, and for other purposes.
s737-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end the tax subsidy for employer efforts to influence their workers’ exercise of their rights around labor organizations and engaging in collective action.
s728-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
s657-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for neighborhood revitalization, and for other purposes.
s640-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo suspend the enforcement of certain civil liabilities of Federal employees and contractors during a lapse in appropriations, or during a breach of the statutory debt limit, and for other purposes.
s591-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo impose sanctions with respect to the People's Republic of China in relation to activities in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, and for other purposes.
s494-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require a background check for every firearm sale.
s512-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.
s416-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo designate the Russian-based mercenary Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
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