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Benjamin L. Cardin

Benjamin L. Cardin

D MD · Senate

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Healthcare

+66
Helped 150 Hurt 84 Unclear 593

Government Operations

-29
Helped 27 Hurt 56 Unclear 651

Education

-78
Helped 83 Hurt 161 Unclear 225

Environment

+36
Helped 108 Hurt 72 Unclear 175

Finance

+16
Helped 98 Hurt 82 Unclear 99

Foreign Policy

-40
Helped 68 Hurt 108 Unclear 45

Defense

-6
Helped 32 Hurt 38 Unclear 142

Labor

+47
Helped 67 Hurt 20 Unclear 71

Elections

-9
Helped 64 Hurt 73 Unclear 12

Regulated Industries

-49
Helped 21 Hurt 70 Unclear 46

Criminal Justice

+28
Helped 78 Hurt 50 Unclear 8

Energy

+26
Helped 46 Hurt 20 Unclear 54

Technology

-18
Helped 37 Hurt 55 Unclear 27

Transportation

-6
Helped 8 Hurt 14 Unclear 92

Judiciary

-63
Helped 7 Hurt 70 Unclear 21

Foreign Affairs

+5
Helped 40 Hurt 35 Unclear 14

Civil Rights

+1
Helped 29 Hurt 28 Unclear 20

Trade

-22
Helped 19 Hurt 41 Unclear 2

Housing

-9
Helped 25 Hurt 34

Healthcare Consumers

-32
Helped 2 Hurt 34 Unclear 22
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

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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 Introduced

To 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.

52 clauses Dec 18, 2024
Small Business General Public Federal Government Nonprofit Organizations

s2515-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To 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.

7 clauses Jul 26, 2023
Federal Administration Financial Services Health Care Providers Education

s2482-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

To amend the Small Business Act to authorize the Community Advantage Loan Program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

13 clauses Jul 25, 2023
Federal Administration Financial Services Defense Contractors Environmental Services

s2212-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish an SBIC Advisory Committee, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Jun 22, 2023
Federal Administration Defense Contractors

s2184-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Women’s Business Center Program, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Jun 22, 2023
Financial Services Defense Contractors

s2185-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Small Business Act to require an annual report on entrepreneurial development programs, and for other purposes.

10 clauses Jun 22, 2023
Financial Services Education Defense Contractors

s2209-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To establish a veteran Federal procurement entrepreneurship training program.

1 clause Jun 22, 2023
Defense Contractors

sres200-118

Primary Sponsor

Expressing 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.

1 clause Mar 4, 2023
Foreign Businesses Consumers Environmental Groups Business

s609-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To establish a pilot program awarding competitive grants to organizations administering entrepreneurial development programming to formerly incarcerated individuals, and other purposes.

2 clauses Mar 1, 2023
Scientific Research Education Environmental Groups Federal Government

s45-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To 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.

6 clauses Jan 24, 2023
Consumers Homeowners Education Federal Government

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