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
s3651-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure coverage of mental health services furnished through telehealth.
sres523-118
CosponsorHonoring the life and legacy of the late Senator Herb Kohl.
s3568-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection and preservation of America’s battlefields.
sres518-118
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeExpressing solidarity with the people of Guatemala and urging the Government of Guatemala to permit a peaceful transfer of power to President-elect Bernardo Arévalo.
sres511-118
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeReinforcing the United States-Senegal relationship and urging the Government of Senegal to conduct free, fair, transparent, and inclusive elections on February 25, 2024.
s3544-118
Primary Sponsor ReportedTo designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center.
sres494-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeExpressing the need for the Federal Government to establish a national biodiversity strategy for protecting biodiversity for current and future generations.
sres493-118
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeExpressing the sense of the Senate in support of the peaceful, democratic, and economic aspirations of the people of Sri Lanka.
s3448-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo reauthorize the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to support Holocaust education programs, and for other purposes.
sres492-118
CosponsorHonoring the life of First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
sres481-118
CosponsorExpressing support for the goals of Stomach Cancer Awareness Month.
s3379-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions process.
s3368-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo promote United States-Mongolia trade by authorizing duty-free treatment for certain imports from Mongolia, and for other purposes.
s3380-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 18, United States Code, to establish an Office of Prison Education, and for other purposes.
s3360-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo improve the full-service community school program, and for other purposes.
s3356-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 18, United States Code, to modify the role and duties of United States Postal Service police officers, and for other purposes.
s3326-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo improve access to opioid use disorder treatment services under the Medicare program.
s3247-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo safeguard the humane treatment of pregnant women by ensuring the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment of pregnant detained noncitizens, and for other purposes.
s3226-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require the Secretary of Labor to establish an offshore wind career training grant program, and for other purposes.
sres445-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeRecognizing the importance of the economic relationship between the United States and Israel and affirming that trade facilitated by the United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement is a tool to support the economy of Israel during the conflict with Hamas.
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