Senator Ben Cardin (D)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/07/2006
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Myrna; 1 Child: Deborah
Birth date: 10/05/1943
Birthplace: Baltimore, MD
Home City: Baltimore MD
Religion: Jewish

Profession

Attorney, Private Practice, 1967-1986

Education

JD, University of Maryland School of Law, 1967 BA, Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 1964

Committees

Budget
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Subcommittee on African Affairs
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
Subcommittee on European Affairs
Subcommittee on Health Care
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law
Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight
Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy
Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

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