Former Senator from Maryland, 2007–2025
Benjamin L. Cardin
Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 8, 2026 · How we measure
Position · −0.32
- In office
- Senate 2007–2025
House 1987–2007
37 years in Congress
Left office. Cardin left the Senate on Jan 3, 2025, when the term ended. Succeeded by Angela D. Alsobrooks (Democrat) in January 2025.
Bottom line
Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.
StatementsBills
Cardin's bills went to International Affairs more than any other area, at 34% of his bills. Health followed with 13% and Taxation with 11%, and he sponsored 92 bills in all. No counted statements yet, so there is no focus in his words to describe.
- 92 bills sponsored, most on International Affairs.
- Statements: our record starts in January 2025.
Committee seats are shown for sitting members only.
Cardin served 37 years, and his 3rd term was the last.
- 37 years in Congress.
His cosponsorships on Republican bills
Closest within his party
Closest across the aisle
Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Cardin.
Free account See ProAgreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, in that Congress · Voteview
The senators who voted most like him were Tammy Duckworth, Richard Blumenthal and Mark R. Warner, each at 99%. 14% of his cosponsorships went to Republican bills, against a peer median of 17%.
- Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
- Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
His billsExpected for a peer
0.75above the 0.68 peer median
Of the 67 bills the score counts, 11 had committee action and 7 got out of committee; none passed the Senate and none became law. His effectiveness was 0.75 against a peer median of 0.68, rank 48 of 102.
- On the move: S. 3544 (out of committee), S. 5019 (out of committee), S. 3854 (out of committee).
- Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.
118th Congress · bills from congress.gov
With his party on all 5 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.
Major bills of the Congress · final passage
- H.R. 4366 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 Nov 1, 2023 YEA D 51–0
- H.R. 2670 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 Dec 13, 2023 YEA D 44–7
- H.R. 3746 Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 Jun 1, 2023 YEA D 46–5
- H.R. 3935 FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 May 9, 2024 NAY D 44–4
- H.R. 5860 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act Sep 30, 2023 YEA D 49–0
- H.R. 6363 Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 Nov 15, 2023 YEA D 50–1
- H.R. 9747 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 Sep 25, 2024 YEA D 50–0
- H.J.Res. 7 Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020. Mar 29, 2023 NAY D 23–23
- H.J.Res. 26 Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. Mar 8, 2023 NAY D 33–14
- H.R. 7888 Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act Apr 19, 2024 YEA D 30–18
Voted with his party on 7 of the 9 he voted on.
The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.
Cardin voted with his party on 100% of party-line votes and broke with party 1 time, against a peer median of 3. The one break came in Armed Forces and National Security, out of 18 votes in that area. He voted with his party on 7 of the 9 major bills he voted on.
- Position: −0.32, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
- Most breaks by area: Armed Forces and National Security 1 of 18.
Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.
He raised $10K in the 2025–26 cycle. His top PACs were Laborers' International Union of North America, Transamerica and National Association of Realtors.
There were no counted statements, so there is no stated position to test against his votes.