Former representative · New Jersey's 9th district

Bill Pascrell, Jr.

Bill Pascrell, Jr. served in Congress from 1997 to 2024, last as a Democratic representative for New Jersey's 9th district. In the 118th Congress, 1,105 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 80, and cast 711 of 720 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Jan 7, 1997
Last term ended
Aug 21, 2024
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,1057.2%80 of 1,105 · rank 48 of 44299%711 of 720 · rank 135 of 442201 became law30%92 of 310
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9972.2%22 of 997 · rank 119 of 44399%561 of 564 · rank 91 of 443331 became law6%18 of 323

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.37+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8774: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 161–251· Against party
  2. H.R. 2799: Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023Yea
    Mar 7, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 301–125· Against party
  3. H.R. 6678: Consequences for Social Security Fraud ActYea
    Jan 31, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 272–155· Against party
  4. H.R. 4394: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Oct 26, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 121–299· Against party
  5. H.R. 4365: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 176–258· Against party
  6. H.R. 1338: SAT Streamlining ActYea
    Jul 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 250–163· Against party
  7. H.R. 3935: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024Yea
    Jul 19, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 240–195· Against party
  8. H.J.Res. 39: Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 10414".Yea
    Apr 28, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 221–202· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. H.Res. 1371: Strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala Harris's, failure to secure the United States border.Not voting
    Jul 25, 2024· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended· Passed 220–196
  2. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Not voting
    Jul 24, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 210–205
  3. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Not voting
    Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 160–256
  4. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Not voting
    Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 210–204
  5. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Not voting
    Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 173–243
  6. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Not voting
    Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 185–231
  7. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Not voting
    Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 207–211
  8. H.Res. 1367: Establishing the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump.Not voting
    Jul 24, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, As Amended· Passed 416–0
  9. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Not voting
    Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 148–267
  10. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Not voting
    Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 174–239
  11. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Not voting
    Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 211–202
  12. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Not voting
    Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 156–236

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

53 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced5094%
  2. Passed one chamber11.9%
  3. Became law23.8%

Policy areas

  1. Taxation16
  2. Health14
  3. Crime and Law Enforcement5
  4. Government Operations and Politics5
  5. Arts, Culture, Religion3
  6. Emergency Management2
  7. Social Welfare2
  8. Transportation and Public Works2

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 4747 HOPE Act
    Introduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
  2. H.R. 3821 Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023
    Became law· Health· Dec 12, 2024
  3. H.R. 1719 Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2023
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Sep 25, 2024
  4. H.R. 7208 Dennis John Benigno Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2024
    Passed one chamber· Health· Sep 18, 2024
  5. H.Res. 1257 Expressing the need for enhanced public awareness of Huntington's Disease and support for the designation of a "National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month".
    Introduced· Health· May 31, 2024
  6. H.R. 8506 Bring Jobs Home Act
    Introduced· Taxation· May 22, 2024
  7. H.R. 8135 High Rise Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2024
    Introduced· Taxation· Apr 26, 2024
  8. H.Res. 1049 Expressing the need for enhanced public awareness of traumatic brain injury and support for the designation of a National Brain Injury Awareness Month.
    Introduced· Health· Mar 8, 2024

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to New Jersey's 9th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$191M
Per resident
$250
Rank in New Jersey
10 of 12
Contract actions
2,619
New awards: 1,421

By fiscal year

  1. 455.9MFY2017
  2. 671MFY2018
  3. 818.7MFY2019
  4. 429MFY2020
  5. 419.1MFY2021
  6. 398MFY2022
  7. 445.7MFY2023
  8. 225.3MFY2024
  9. 273.5MFY2025
  10. 191MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Defense Contract Management Agency$72.5M38%
    Department of Defense
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$48.9M26%
  3. Department of the Navy$38.3M20%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of the Air Force$25.7M13%
    Department of Defense
  5. Defense Logistics Agency$21.1M11%
    Department of Defense
  6. Agricultural Marketing Service$9M4.7%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Department of the Army$7.6M4.0%
    Department of Defense
  8. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$5.2M2.7%
    Department of Justice

Top recipients

  1. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$111.4M58%
    66 awards
  2. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$14.9M7.8%
    60 awards
  3. COMPASS LOGISTICS INTL INC$8.2M4.3%
    51 awards
  4. NORTHEAST TOMATO COMPANY$7.8M4.1%
    7 awards
  5. QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED$6.3M3.3%
    421 awards
  6. AGFA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION$5.2M2.7%
    9 awards
  7. DATA LINK SOLUTIONS LLC$3.1M1.6%
    6 awards
  8. BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.$2.5M1.3%
    16 awards
  9. MARINE ELECTRIC SYSTEMS INC$2.4M1.2%
    53 awards
  10. TEL-INSTRUMENT ELECTRONICS CORP$2.3M1.2%
    22 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2024 cycle

Raised
$1.3M
through Dec 31, 2024
Cash on hand
$988.6K
From committees
$709.7K
203 committees
From contractor PACs
$156K
46 PACs · 22% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2024

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee$10KINTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization—
laboratory corporation of america holdings political participation committeelaboratory corporation of america holdings political participation committee$10KLABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGSAI match · 99% · of one corporate family$23.4K
quest diagnostics incorporatedquest diagnostics incorporated political action committee$10KQUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATEDAI match · 100% · the same organization$67.1M
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$8,500AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
honeywell internationalhoneywell international political action committee$7,500HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$5,000INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)$5,000UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K
hdr, inc.hdr, inc. employee owners pac$5,000HDR, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization—
at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac)$5,000AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family-$3,412
johnson controls inc.johnson controls inc. pac$5,000JOHNSON CONTROLS, INCAI match · 99% · the same organization$66.6M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2024$1.3M$709.7K$156K46 PACs · 22% of committee money
2022$1.6M$922.8K$192K51 PACs · 21% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · New Jersey's 9th districtJan 3, 2023 – Aug 21, 2024
  2. House · New Jersey's 9th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  3. House · New Jersey's 9th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  4. House · New Jersey's 9th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  5. House · New Jersey's 9th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  6. House · New Jersey's 9th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  7. House · New Jersey's 8th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  8. House · New Jersey's 8th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  9. House · New Jersey's 8th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
  10. House · New Jersey's 8th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
  11. House · New Jersey's 8th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  12. House · New Jersey's 8th districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  13. House · New Jersey's 8th districtJan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  14. House · New Jersey's 8th districtJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.