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 · 117th Congress · historical · Senate

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Sponsored · 117th87

—Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Acts 1104 —Small Business Tax Fairness and Compliance Simplification Acts 1233 —PPP Flexibility for Farmers, Ranchers, and the Self-Employed Acts 1249 —Minority Business Resiliency Act of 2021s 1255 —Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2021s 1300 —Water Resources Research Amendments Acts 1341 —Combating Global Corruption Act of 2021s 14 —CROOK Acts 158 —A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.s 1685 —Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2021s 1700 —Retirement Security and Savings Act of 2021s 1770 —Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2021s 1840 —Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2021s 1971 —Minority Business Development Act of 2021s 2068 —Access Technology Affordability Act of 2021s 212 —TRUE EQUITY Acts 213 —Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2021s 2194 —Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2021s 2266 —Zero-Emission Nuclear Power Production Credit Act of 2021s 2291 —A bill to direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol with a bust of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library and to remove certain statues from areas of the Capitol which are accessible to the public, to remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from display in the Capitol, and for other purposes.s 2366 —Frederick Jobs and Historic Preservation Training Center Land Acquisition Acts 2367 —REVEAL Acts 2392 —Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Acts 2422 —SBIC Advisory Committee Act of 2022s 2521 —Drug Shortages Prevention and Quality Improvement Acts 2595 —Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2021s 2653 —Continuing Emergency Support for Restaurants Acts 2675 —Continuing Access to 504 Capital Acts 2709 —BURMA Act of 2021s 2937 —Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2021s 2958

Cosponsored · 117th478

—For the People Act of 2021s 1 —Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2021s 1020 —EACH Act of 2021s 1021 —Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2021s 1022 —A bill direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.s 1032 —RENACER Acts 1041 —Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021s 1061 —RENACER Acts 1064 —COVID-19 Hate Crimes Acts 1086 —Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2021s 1106 —Keep Americans Safe Acts 1108 —Small Business Lending Fairness Acts 1119 —GRACE Acts 1135 —Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021s 1136 —Rohingya Genocide Determination Act of 2021s 1142 —Tax Fairness for Workers Acts 1157 —Strategic Competition Act of 2021s 1169 —Healthy Families Acts 1195 —United States Climate Leadership in International Mitigation, Adaptation, and Technology Enhancement Act of 2021s 1201 —Reconnecting Communities Acts 1202 —Big Cat Public Safety Acts 1210 —Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021s 1217 —Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2021s 1238 —Providing Real Opportunities for Growth to Rising Entrepreneurs for Sustained Success (PROGRESS) Acts 1256 —Build America's Libraries Acts 127 —Medicare at 50 Acts 1279 —Clean Energy for America Acts 1298 —Public Buildings Renewal Act of 2021s 1299 —District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Acts 130 —HEAT Acts 1309

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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