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
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.
s567-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo 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.
s494-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require a background check for every firearm sale.
sres74-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeCondemning the Government of Iran’s state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
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.
s443-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of LIFO inventory for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
s399-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo place limitations on excepting positions from the competitive service, and for other purposes.
sres63-118
CosponsorCelebrating Black History Month.
s403-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a public education campaign across all relevant programs of the Health Resources and Services Administration to increase oral health literacy and awareness.
s416-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo designate the Russian-based mercenary Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
s359-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo 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.
s342-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo clarify the rights of certain persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
s373-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo modify the disposition of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and to open Federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for renewable energy, and for other purposes.
s325-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices and judges of the courts of the United States, establish an ethics investigations counsel, and require disclosure of recusals.
s274-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide paid family and medical leave to Federal employees, and for other purposes.
s298-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
sres32-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeCondemning the violent insurrection in Brazil on January 8, 2023, and expressing United States solidarity with the people of Brazil, as well as support for safeguarding Brazil's democratic institutions.
s247-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access to firearms from individuals who are a danger to themselves or others pursuant to court orders for this purpose.
s161-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs.
s138-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo amend the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 to modify certain provisions of that Act.
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