Democratic

Cardin, Benjamin L.

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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking

Congress	Sponsored	Cosponsored	Recorded votes	Participation
118th	92	376	—	—
117th	87	478	—	—
116th	92	606	—	—
115th	87	374	—	—

Descriptive counts per Congress — sponsored/cosponsored measures, recorded votes cast, and participation (votes cast ÷ recorded, shown only where the denominator is ingested). This is not an effectiveness score, alignment, or rank. Recorded votes reflect ingested chambers (House member casts across the supported range; Senate member casts are not linked — see Coverage).

Service history4 Congresses of supported coverage

Congress	Chamber	State	District	Party
118th	Senate	Maryland	—	Democratic
117th	Senate	Maryland	—	Democratic
116th	Senate	Maryland	—	Democratic
115th	Senate	Maryland	—	Democratic

Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.

Legislative activity · 115th Congress · historical · Senate

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Sponsored · 115th87

—Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2017s 1890 —Promoting Peace and Justice for the People of Afghanistan Act of 2017s 1891 —Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017s 2274 —Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2018s 2351 —A bill to prohibit the use of funds for an exhibition or parade of military forces and hardware for review by the President outside of authorized military operations or activities.s 2408 —A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the Internal Revenue Service's private debt collection program.s 2425 —Small Business Investment Opportunity Act of 2018s 2527 —Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017s 253 —FSA Fairness Act of 2018s 2596 —A bill to establish an independent commission to examine and report on the facts regarding the extent of Russian official and unofficial cyber operations and other attempts to interfere in the 2016 United States national election, and for other purposes.s 27 —A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9801 Apollo Drive in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, as the "Wayne K. Curry Post Office Building".s 2725 —Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2018s 2855 —Peer Support Enhancement and Evaluation Review Acts 2892 —A bill to provide for prompt payments to small business contractors, and for other purposes.s 2893 —Strengthening American Communities Act of 2018s 2984 —Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2018s 3195 —A bill to amend the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017 to ensure appropriate congressional review and the continued applicability of sanctions under the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012.s 3275 —Rural DOCS Acts 3383 —Medicaid Health HOME Acts 3384 —Mongolia Third Neighbor Trade Acts 3470 —Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018s 3562 —Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Programs Act of 2018s 3564 —ESIAs 3572 —Organization of American States Legislative Engagement Act of 2018s 3607 —Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2018s 3696 —ERRPAs 411 —Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2017s 425 —Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2017s 451 —A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the retirement income account rules relating to church controlled organizations.s 674 —HUBZone Investment Protection Acts 690

Cosponsored · 115th374

—Equality Acts 1006 —CONNECT for Health Act of 2017s 1016 —MISSION ZERO Acts 1022 —PROSPERS Acts 1035 —Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Enhancement Act of 2017s 1042 —Save Women's Preventive Care Acts 1045 —Chinese-American World War II Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Acts 1050 —Clean Energy for America Acts 1068 —Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Acts 109 —Pregnant Workers Fairness Acts 1101 —Friendly Airports for Mothers Act of 2017s 1110 —Personal Care Products Safety Acts 1113 —A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order laying a foundation for discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, women, religious minorities, and others under the pretext of religious freedom.s 1114 —North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017s 1118 —Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017s 1141 —Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2017s 1143 —Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Acts 1162 —National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018s 1182 —Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2017s 1191 —Gun Violence Prevention Order Act of 2017s 1212 —Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2017s 1238 —LOSAP CAP Acts 1239 —Raise the Wage Acts 1242 —Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Acts 1263 —Washington, D.C. Admission Acts 1278 —Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2017s 1287 —Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2017s 1328 —RxCAP Act of 2017s 1347 —Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping Drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act of 2017s 1348 —Individual Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Acts 1354

Campaign financefederal · source: FEC

FEC candidate S6MD03177 · CARDIN, BENJAMIN L → (Senate MD) · linked deterministic

Cycle	Receipts	Disbursements	Cash on hand
2024	$30,982	$585,829	$463,442
2022	$182,295	$316,275	$1,018,289
2020	$207,361	$316,816	$1,152,268
2018	$4,067,153	$3,509,770	$1,261,723
2016	$518,211	$504,808	$704,338

1 authorized/associated committee · 55 reported independent expenditures. Full campaign-finance record →Reported campaign-finance facts about the linked FEC candidate. This is distinct from the legislative record above and implies nothing about how the member legislated — money and votes are not causally linked here.

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