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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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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

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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
Education Professional Services Labor Government

s5236-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to enhance financial support for rural and safety net hospitals providing maternity, labor, and delivery services to vulnerable populations, and for other purposes.

17 clauses Sep 25, 2024
Healthcare Government Ambulatory Health Care Services State & Local Government

s5116-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To support Russia's democratic forces in exile and to codify sanctions imposed under certain Executive orders relating to the Russian Federation.

11 clauses Sep 19, 2024
Foreign Entities Media & Entertainment Nonprofits Foreign Political Actors

s4334-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

12 clauses May 14, 2024
Government General Public Veterans Labor

s4-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.

20 clauses Feb 29, 2024
Tribal Nations Nonprofits Political Campaigns State & Local Government

s3791-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To reauthorize the America's Conservation Enhancement Act, and for other purposes.

95 clauses Feb 8, 2024
Environment Agriculture Government General Public

s3194-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 5, United States Code, to achieve parity between the cost-of-living adjustment with respect to an annuity under the Federal Employees Retirement System and an annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System, and for other purposes.

1 clause Nov 1, 2023
Government Taxpayers Labor

s2620-118

Cosponsor Passed Senate

To establish the Chesapeake National Recreation Area as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

39 clauses Jul 27, 2023
Environment Nonprofits Government State & Local Government

s1-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.

202 clauses Jul 25, 2023
Nonprofits Political Organizations Government State & Local Government

s5-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.

10 clauses Jun 21, 2023
Retail Electronic Shopping General Public All Industries

s1651-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To encourage increased trade and investment between the United States and the countries in the Western Balkans, and for other purposes.

23 clauses May 17, 2023
Education Foreign Entities Government General Public

s1409-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To protect the safety of children on the internet.

28 clauses May 2, 2023
Education Professional Services Government General Public

s1381-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

To 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.

5 clauses Apr 27, 2023
Environment Nonprofits Government State & Local 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
Professional Services Law Enforcement Government General Public

s667-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

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

12 clauses Mar 7, 2023
Education Social Services General Public State & Local Government

s567-118

Cosponsor Reported

To amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.

11 clauses Feb 28, 2023
Food & Beverage Construction Administrative And Support Services Transportation

s359-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for other purposes.

55 clauses Feb 9, 2023
Philanthropy Professional Services Civic Organizations Government

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