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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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Only direct effects with high or medium confidence in the policy-area assignment are included. Bills are connected through sponsorship, cosponsorship, or Yea/Nay votes; a vote against a bill does not reverse its assessed effects. Vote dates filter recorded votes and vote-linked bills; sponsorship remains included.

Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

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s5454-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To update the United States policy towards Hong Kong, and for other purposes.

22 clauses Dec 9, 2024

s5377-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To develop a strategy for increasing access to independent information for Chinese citizens, to establish an interagency task force to carry out such strategy, and for other purposes.

8 clauses Nov 21, 2024

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

s4961-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens.

4 clauses Aug 1, 2024

s4773-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.

392 clauses Jul 25, 2024

s4591-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To permanently authorize the exemption of aliens working as fish processors from the numerical limitation on H–2B nonimmigrant visas.

1 clause Jun 18, 2024

s4425-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To support democracy and the rule of law in Georgia, and for other purposes.

16 clauses May 23, 2024
Media & Entertainment Nonprofits International Organizations Government

s3987-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To protect stateless persons in the United States, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Mar 20, 2024

s3748-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to increase voting accessibility for individuals with disabilities and older individuals, and for other purposes.

23 clauses Feb 7, 2024

s3705-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To protect individuals who face reprisals for defending human rights and democracy by enhancing the capacity of the United States Government to prevent, mitigate, and respond in such cases, and for other purposes.

10 clauses Jan 31, 2024
Nonprofits International Organizations Government General Public

s3712-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to treat United States Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices as voter registration agencies, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Jan 31, 2024

s3065-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide counsel for unaccompanied children, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Oct 17, 2023

s3013-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To permanently authorize the exemption of aliens working as fish processors from the numerical limitation on H–2B nonimmigrant visas.

1 clause Oct 4, 2023

s3008-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide back pay to Federal contractors, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Oct 3, 2023

s2789-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To direct the President to designate a month as African Diaspora Heritage Month.

3 clauses Sep 13, 2023

sres333-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Designating 2024 as the Year of Democracy as a time to reflect on the contributions of the system of Government of the United States to a more free and stable world.

1 clause Sep 7, 2023

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

s2344-118

Cosponsor Introduced

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

213 clauses Jul 18, 2023

sres243-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Recognizing the month of June 2023 as Immigrant Heritage Month, a celebration of the accomplishments and contributions of immigrants and their children in making the United States a healthier, safer, more diverse, prosperous country, and acknowledging the importance of immigrants and their children to the future successes of the United States.

1 clause Jun 8, 2023

s1908-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish judicial ethics.

13 clauses Jun 8, 2023
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