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
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.
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.
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.
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.
s234-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the new markets tax credit, and for other purposes.
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.
s215-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo establish a National Council on African American History and Culture within the National Endowment for the Humanities, and for other purposes.
sres20-118
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeCondemning the coup that took place on February 1, 2021, in Burma and the Burmese military’s detention of civilian leaders, calling for an immediate and unconditional release of all those detained, promoting accountability and justice for those killed by the Burmese military, and calling for those elected to serve in parliament to resume their duties without impediment, and for other purposes.
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.
s114-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.
s109-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to prohibit lifetime or annual limits on dental coverage under the Children's Health Insurance Program, and to require wraparound coverage of dental services for certain children under such program.
s100-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) under Medicaid, and for other purposes.
s124-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 8.7 percent, and for other purposes.
s40-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.
s51-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.
s45-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify reporting requirements, promote tax compliance, and reduce tip reporting compliance burdens in the beauty service industry.
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