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
sres671-118
CosponsorExpressing support for the designation of the week of April 28, 2024, through May 4, 2024, as National Small Business Week to celebrate the contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in every community in the United States.
sres435-118
CosponsorRecognizing the week of October 30 through November 4, 2023, as National Veterans Small Business Week.
sres431-118
CosponsorRecognizing the month of October 2023 as National Women's Small Business Month.
s2021-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Truth in Lending Act to apply that Act to small business financing, and for other purposes.
s1744-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize the SCORE program, and for other purposes.
s1664-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
s1370-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo reauthorize and limit the pre-disaster mitigation program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
s936-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to graduates of career and technical education programs or programs of study for small business development centers and women’s business centers, and for other purposes.
s728-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
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