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
s2048-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
s2053-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo protect freedom of travel and reproductive rights.
s2021-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Truth in Lending Act to apply that Act to small business financing, and for other purposes.
s2016-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.
s2012-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of dental services under the Medicare program.
s1992-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the earned income and child tax credits, and for other purposes.
s1999-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo protect an individual’s ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.
s1983-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo require non-Federal prison, correctional, and detention facilities holding Federal prisoners or detainees under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to make available.
s1931-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo direct the United States Government to support extending the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela until a resolution of the Venezuelan crisis is achieved.
sres243-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeRecognizing 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.
s1916-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo establish in the Department of State the Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, and for other purposes.
s1908-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo establish judicial ethics.
s1839-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo improve Federal population surveys by requiring the collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics in certain surveys, and for other purposes.
s1826-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers.
s1819-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the distribution of 3D printer plans for the printing of firearms, and for other purposes.
sres231-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeExpressing support for the designation of June 2, 2023, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day and June 2023 as National Gun Violence Awareness Month.
sres227-118
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeCalling on the President to support the creation of an international special tribunal to prosecute Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
sres223-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeDesignating the week of May 21 through May 27, 2023, as National Public Works Week.
s1714-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes.
s1723-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.
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