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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

s3651-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure coverage of mental health services furnished through telehealth.

1 clause Jan 24, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

sres523-118

Cosponsor

Honoring the life and legacy of the late Senator Herb Kohl.

0 clauses Jan 11, 2024

s3568-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection and preservation of America’s battlefields.

3 clauses Jan 10, 2024
Transportation Federal Administration Education Environmental Services

sres518-118

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Expressing solidarity with the people of Guatemala and urging the Government of Guatemala to permit a peaceful transfer of power to President-elect Bernardo Arévalo.

1 clause Jan 10, 2024
Energy Production

sres511-118

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Reinforcing the United States-Senegal relationship and urging the Government of Senegal to conduct free, fair, transparent, and inclusive elections on February 25, 2024.

1 clause Dec 18, 2023
Education

s3544-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

To designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center.

0 clauses Dec 14, 2023

sres494-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Expressing the need for the Federal Government to establish a national biodiversity strategy for protecting biodiversity for current and future generations.

1 clause Dec 12, 2023
Defense Contractors

sres493-118

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Expressing the sense of the Senate in support of the peaceful, democratic, and economic aspirations of the people of Sri Lanka.

1 clause Dec 12, 2023
Health Care Providers

s3448-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To reauthorize the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to support Holocaust education programs, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Dec 7, 2023

sres492-118

Cosponsor

Honoring the life of First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

0 clauses Dec 7, 2023

sres481-118

Cosponsor

Expressing support for the goals of Stomach Cancer Awareness Month.

0 clauses Nov 30, 2023

s3379-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To 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.

3 clauses Nov 30, 2023
Federal Administration Education

s3368-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To promote United States-Mongolia trade by authorizing duty-free treatment for certain imports from Mongolia, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Nov 30, 2023
Financial Services Transportation Health Care Providers Defense Contractors

s3380-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish an Office of Prison Education, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Nov 30, 2023
Federal Administration Education Defense Contractors

s3360-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To improve the full-service community school program, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Nov 29, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s3356-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify the role and duties of United States Postal Service police officers, and for other purposes.

1 clause Nov 29, 2023
Labor

s3326-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To improve access to opioid use disorder treatment services under the Medicare program.

1 clause Nov 15, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s3247-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To 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.

4 clauses Nov 8, 2023
Labor Federal Administration Health Care Providers Environmental Services

s3226-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Secretary of Labor to establish an offshore wind career training grant program, and for other purposes.

1 clause Nov 2, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

sres445-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Recognizing 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.

0 clauses Nov 2, 2023

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