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
s737-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end the tax subsidy for employer efforts to influence their workers’ exercise of their rights around labor organizations and engaging in collective action.
sres104-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeRecognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of Latinas in the United States.
s738-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee.
s765-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide hereditary cancer genetic testing for individuals with a history of a hereditary cancer gene mutation in a blood relative or a personal or ancestral history suspicious for hereditary cancer, and to provide coverage of certain cancer screenings or preventive surgeries that would reduce the risk for individuals with a germline (inherited) mutation associated with a high risk of developing a preventable cancer.
s726-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the private business use requirements for bonds issued for lead service line replacement projects.
s701-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services.
sres96-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeCelebrating the extraordinary accomplishments and vital role of women business owners in the United States.
s694-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers, and for other purposes.
s654-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to reauthorize Delaware River Basin conservation programs, and for other purposes.
sres92-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeExpressing concern that illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing threatens security, prosperity, and biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean and facilitates human trafficking, including forced labor, and other inhumane and criminal practices in the region.
s640-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo suspend the enforcement of certain civil liabilities of Federal employees and contractors during a lapse in appropriations, or during a breach of the statutory debt limit, and for other purposes.
s625-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and reform rules relating to investigations and whistleblowers, and for other purposes.
s617-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas.
s591-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo impose sanctions with respect to the People's Republic of China in relation to activities in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, and for other purposes.
sres82-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeCongratulating the National Treasury Employees Union on its 85th anniversary and commending the dedication shown Federal employees and continued service provided by the National Treasury Employees Union and the members of the National Treasury Employees Union.
s567-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.
s494-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require a background check for every firearm sale.
s512-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.
sres74-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeCondemning the Government of Iran’s state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
sres72-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeRecognizing Russian actions in Ukraine as a genocide.
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