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
sres820-118
CosponsorExpressing support for the designation of the week of September 21 through September 28, 2024, as National Estuaries Week.
s5033-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Child Care Access Means Parents In School Program under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
sres815-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeDesignating the week beginning on September 9, 2024, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.
s5019-118
Primary Sponsor ReportedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building.
s4961-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens.
s4973-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo reassert the constitutional authority of Congress to determine the general applicability of the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes.
sres800-118
CosponsorCondemning the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump during a political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, honoring the victims who were killed and injured at the rally, and calling for unity and civility in the United States.
s4887-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo protect certain victims of human trafficking by expanding the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant such aliens continued presence in the United States.
s4902-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo prevent discrimination, including harassment, in employment.
sres782-118
CosponsorDesignating the week of August 4 through August 10, 2024, as National Farmers Market Week.
s4773-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.
s4680-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo award a Congressional Gold Medal to Jens Stoltenberg, in recognition of his contributions to the security, unity, and defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
s4706-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo modernize the business of selling firearms.
sres765-118
CosponsorRelating to the death of the Honorable James Mountain Inhofe, former Senator for the State of Oklahoma.
sres767-118
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeCommemorating 175 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Republic of Guatemala.
sres758-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeRemembering the 32nd anniversary of the bombing of the Embassy of Israel in Buenos Aires on March 17, 1992, and the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association building in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, and recommitting to efforts to uphold justice for the victims of the attacks.
s4663-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo improve administration of the unemployment insurance program by expanding program integrity and anti-fraud activities and improving access to benefits, and for other purposes.
s4647-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo require the transfer of regulatory control of certain munitions exports from the Department of Commerce to the Department of State, and for other purposes.
sres756-118
CosponsorDesignating June 19, 2024, as Juneteenth Independence Day in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.
s4595-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo improve the structure of the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.
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