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
s5581-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo strengthen and expand efforts to identify, include, and advance untapped potential in the United States’ international affairs workforce to strengthen national security, and for other purposes.
s2515-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and for other purposes.
s2482-118
Primary Sponsor ReportedTo amend the Small Business Act to authorize the Community Advantage Loan Program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
s2212-118
Primary Sponsor ReportedTo require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish an SBIC Advisory Committee, and for other purposes.
s2184-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Small Business Act to improve the Women’s Business Center Program, and for other purposes.
s2185-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Small Business Act to require an annual report on entrepreneurial development programs, and for other purposes.
s2209-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo establish a veteran Federal procurement entrepreneurship training program.
sres200-118
Primary SponsorExpressing support for the designation of the week of April 30, 2023, through May 6, 2023, as National Small Business Week to celebrate the contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in every community in the United States.
s609-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo establish a pilot program awarding competitive grants to organizations administering entrepreneurial development programming to formerly incarcerated individuals, and other purposes.
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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