| Term Start | Term End | Role | State | Party |
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| 2007 | 2012 | Senator | MD | Democrat |
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Recent Voting History
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H.R.2642 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 On the Motion (Motion To Concur In House Amdts To Senate Amdt To House Amdt To Senate Amdt To H.R. 2642 ) |
Aye June 26, 2008 |
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H.R.2642 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 On the Motion (Motion To Waive CBH Re: Motion To Concur In House Amdts To Senate Amdt To House Amdt To Senate Amdt To H.R. 2642 ) |
Aye June 26, 2008 |
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H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6331 ) |
Aye June 26, 2008 |
Voting Trends Analysis
- Most often votes with: Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
- Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
- Republican most often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
- Democrat least often votes with: Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
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Earlier reports said US Senator Benjamin Cardin had approached Medvedev over the bill, urging him to stand up for free speech in Russia. ...
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(Barbara) Mikulskiâs staff, and both Sen. (Benjamin) Cardin and Mikulski have voiced their pleasureâ in Hagerstown coming to Capitol Hill for support. ...
June 22, 2008 Offshore drilling draws concern
Maryland Sen. Benjamin Cardin said offshore drilling would extract a minimal amount of oil, one unlikely to impact prices. He estimates the country has 3 ...
Benjamin Cardin in the Blogs
July 01, 2008 Ben Cardin Speaks Up on Transportation
Ezra Klein points to some great words from Sen. Benjamin Cardin of Maryland on the need for reform of public transportation. Klein highlights this portion:. We are in desperate need of significant transit improvements. ...
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June 25, 2008 Have you got 5 free minutes?
Benjamin Cardin, (202) 224-4524 Barbara Mulkulski DC House of Representatives contact: Eleanor Norton, (202) 225-8050 District 11 (Vienna) Virginia House: Frank R. Wolf, (202) 225-5136 Tom Davis, (202) 225-1492 ...
June 21, 2008 Opposition mounts to clean air change affecting parks
Seven senators have signed the letter: Democrats Thomas Carper of Delaware, Benjamin Cardin of Maryland, Ken Salazar of Colorado and Jon Tester of Montana, and Republicans Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina ...
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Campaign Contributions
Top Contributor: DLA Piper ($57,950)
| Industry | Donation | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Finance/Insur/RealEst | $973,010 | 21.5 % |
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $956,969 | 21.1 % |
| Ideology/Single-Issue | $800,149 | 17.7 % |
| Other | $794,948 | 17.5 % |
| Health | $338,209 | 7.5 % |
| Misc Business | $283,300 | 6.3 % |
| Communic/Electronics | $121,000 | 2.7 % |
| Construction | $72,450 | 1.6 % |
| Energy/Nat Resource | $69,800 | 1.5 % |
| Agribusiness | $41,800 | 0.9 % |
| Transportation | $40,300 | 0.9 % |
| Defense | $36,200 | 0.8 % |
| Labor | $1,650 | 0.0 % |
| Total: | $4,529,785 |







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Mike Whack
Charleston, SC
(H) 843-225-1567; (C) 843-259-8226
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THE "BAM"... The OBAMA Handshake!
PASS IT ON AT THE NEXT OBAMA RALLY!
Having caught "Obama fever" like so many others rallying in support of Barack, I experienced something at a Barack Obama Rally on Thursday, January 10 at the College of Charleston here in Charleston, South Carolina, which I felt was both inspirational and spontaneous!
As Barack worked the line following the close of his speech, there was a surge of people moving forward hoping to get close enough to shake Barack's hand. Since I was standing about 20 feet back from center stage in the crowd, I felt the crowd down front tighten as many of us stood on our toes, stretched our bodies forward while reaching out to Barack. I noticed that a six foot tall guy who was standing in front of me had stretched far enough above the crowd and shook hands with Barack. As the guy drew back his hand I asked him, "You shook his hand didn't you?" Happily the guy said "Yes." I then said, "give me some of that" and the guy shook my hand with the same hand he had just clasped with Barack's. A woman friend of mine who was standing next to me saw me shake hands with the guy. I turned to her and said "He [the guy] just shook hands with Barack," to which she responded..."Hey, give it up." We then shook hands. She then turned to the person next to her and shook hands. This chain of hand shakes went on for about five or six more persons.
I did not know the tall guy in front of me; he is white, I am black. But at the moment we shook hands, I felt some solidarity with this stranger, consummated by a handshake and signifying some unspoken agreement presumably about Barack Obama and his core message of UNITY!
I call this hand-shake scenario the "BAM" because, descriptively, it takes a bit of Obama's name and it's the sound of a collision, of People Coming Together!
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