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.
s1297-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo ensure the right to provide reproductive health care services, 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.
s1283-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to conform to the intent of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–206), as set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–599, that the National Taxpayer Advocate be able to hire and consult counsel as appropriate.
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.
s1202-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
s1206-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to protect civil rights and otherwise prevent meaningful harm to third parties, and for other purposes.
s1203-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo amend the Peace Corps Act by reauthorizing the Peace Corps, providing better support for current, returning, and former volunteers, 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.
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.
sres158-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeCondemning the deportation of children from Ukraine to the Russian Federation and the forcible transfer of children within territories of Ukraine that are temporarily occupied by Russian forces.
s1098-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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.
s1084-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo eliminate racial, religious, and other discriminatory profiling by law enforcement, 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.
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