Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, announced plans to block future U.S. military aid and arms sales to Egypt unless that country shows “concrete, meaningful, and sustainable steps” to improve its human rights record.
Cardin reintroduces bipartisan bill to authorize coastal watershed habitat conservation program
The legislation is aimed at continuing conservation programs at two dozen coastal areas, including the Chesapeake Bay.
Several Maryland Democrats expected to vie to replace Cardin
Most political observers believe a Maryland Democrat will fill Sen. Ben Cardin’s seat.
Cardin’s effort to push ERA forward falls short in the Senate
The Senate voted 51-47 in favor of the bipartisan resolution introduced by Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, but fell nine votes shy of the 60 vote threshold needed to clear a filibuster.
Senate will vote on Cardin’s Equal Rights Amendment resolution this week
The bipartisan resolution introduced by Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, would waive the 1982 deadline for ratification of the ERA previously set by Congress.
Maryland’s Cardin and Van Hollen back bipartisan act to ban congressional stock trading
The bill would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from trading stocks.
Cardin, Trone introduce bills to address education inequities, increase federal funding
The Democrats have proposed legislation aimed at addressing educational inequity and eliminating academic achievement gaps by providing federal grants for states and local communities.
Maryland’s Cardin, other Democrats, push to include dental coverage under Medicare
As of 2019, nearly half of Medicare beneficiaries, or 24 million people, did not have dental coverage, according to a study.
Cardin part of bipartisan effort to designate Wagner Group as foreign terrorist organization
The bill would require Secretary of State Antony Blinken to designate the Wagner Group as a terror organization.
New calls by Biden, Democrats for assault weapons ban face familiar foe: most of GOP
Gun violence is an epidemic in the United States, and 63% of Americans are dissatisfied with the nation’s gun laws.