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How Ben Cardin voted on key votes

 Member Most DEMS
 Most REPS
Rejected VOTE 100

Expand concealed-carry permits

Cornyn Amdt. No. 719; To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.

Rejected VOTE 99

Adjust provisions on trafficking

Leahy Amdt. No. 713; To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.

Rejected VOTE 98

GOP substitute measure

Grassley Amdt. No. 725; To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.

Rejected VOTE 97

Expand background checks to gun shows and Internet

Manchin Amdt. No. 715; To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.

Passed VOTE 184

Middle-class Tax Relief

S. 3412; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief to middle-class families.

Rejected VOTE 34

Keystone pipeline amendment

To approve the Keystone XL pipeline project and provide for environmental protection and government oversight.

Rejected VOTE 33

Keystone pipeline amendment

To require the pipeline permit application to be approved or denied within 90 days of the completion of all analyses required by current law and executive orders, ban the export of Canadian crude oil transported on the pipeline without a presidential waiver and require the pipeline to be built with American products whenever possible.

Agreed to VOTE 24

Block the birth-control exemption

Block a bill to let employers and insurers refuse to cover birth control and other health services that violate their religious beliefs.

Agreed to VOTE 22

Extension of the payroll tax holiday and unemployment insurance benefits

Bill to extend through the end of 2012 the payroll tax holiday and unemployment insurance benefits.

Passed VOTE 204

Veterans jobs bill

The bill would extend tax credits to businesses that hire unemployed veterans and provide new dollars for retraining older unemployed veterans for high-demand fields.

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