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509 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4524 Fax: 202-224-1651
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| Term Start | Term End | Role | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2012 | Senator | MD | Democrat |
| See All 11 Terms | ||||
Committee Membership
- Senate Budget
- Senate Environment and Public Works
- Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety
- Senate Foreign Relations
- Senate Judiciary
- Administrative Oversight and the Courts
- Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights
- Crime and Drugs
- Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security
- Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Most Recent Sponsored Bills
Sponsored Bill Statistics
Recent Voting History
| Bill | Voted |
|---|---|
|
H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. 1247 ) |
Aye (with party)
June 08, 2009 |
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H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1256 ) |
Aye (with party)
June 02, 2009 |
|
H.R.2346 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 On Passage of the Bill (HR 2346 As Amended ) |
Aye (with party)
May 21, 2009 |
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]
- Votes with party: 100% (Ranks 1 of 100)
- Abstains: 0% (Ranks 28 of 100)
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Benjamin Cardin in the News
June 30, 2009 Are military veterans adjusting to transition?
...that Brown might be made available later this week to address the issue. Robin Summerfield, field assistant to U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, planned to attend the Martinsburg-based video conference in the Cumberland office on Glenn Street. Manness said a repres
Source: The Cumberland Times-News
June 30, 2009 Highlights and Lowlights at the Library of Congress
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., and Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. spoke about the important contributions the ...
June 30, 2009
Ben Cardin of Maryland and Dick Durbin of Illinois, as well as Reps. Darrell E. Issa of California and Louise McIntosh Slaughter of New York. ...
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Benjamin Cardin in the Blogs
July 05, 2009 FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Obama & Palin: Carpe Diem
In the U.S., classic examples of the slow-but-steady pol include Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), who both served for many years in their respective state houses and in the U.S. House of Representatives before getting ...
July 04, 2009 Too Big To Fail? :: Scoop44
Inspired by the financial woes of the Tribune Company's Baltimore Sun, Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced the Newspaper Revitalization Act, an act that would grant newspapers nonprofit benefits, in March. ...
July 04, 2009 Hip Hop Republican: Solving the Doctor Shortage - Forever
In 2001, then-Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) along with Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) proposed the "Medical Education Trust Fund Act of 2001". Modeled after previous legislation introduced by Daniel Patrick Moynihan ... A
Source: Hip Hop Republican
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Campaign Contributions
Top Contributor: DLA Piper ($57,950)
| Industry | Donation | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Finance/Insur/RealEst | $1,033,511 | 21.2 % |
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $1,010,919 | 20.7 % |
| Ideology/Single-Issue | $841,948 | 17.3 % |
| Other | $819,878 | 16.8 % |
| Health | $411,959 | 8.4 % |
| Misc Business | $307,000 | 6.3 % |
| Communic/Electronics | $139,699 | 2.9 % |
| Construction | $82,200 | 1.7 % |
| Energy/Nat Resource | $76,300 | 1.6 % |
| Transportation | $47,800 | 1.0 % |
| Defense | $45,200 | 0.9 % |
| Agribusiness | $44,300 | 0.9 % |
| Labor | $16,150 | 0.3 % |
| Total: | $4,876,864 |
