Former senator · New Jersey

Robert Menendez

Robert Menendez served in Congress from 1993 to 2024, last as a Democratic senator from New Jersey. In the 118th Congress, 582 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 81, and cast 373 of 381 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Former
In Congress since
Jan 5, 1993
Last term ended
Aug 20, 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 CongressSenate58213.9%81 of 582 · rank 6 of 10198%373 of 381 · rank 52 of 101750 became law19%50 of 263
117th CongressSenate9493.3%31 of 949 · rank 40 of 10099%735 of 741 · rank 36 of 1001572 became law20%77 of 376

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 (Senate), 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. 4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024Yea
    Oct 31, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 61–36· Against party
  2. H.R. 4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024Yea
    Oct 25, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 56–42· Against party
  3. H.R. 2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022Yea
    Mar 10, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 35–64· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. S.J.Res. 58: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces".Not voting
    May 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 50–45
  2. H.J.Res. 109: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121".Not voting
    May 16, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 60–38
  3. S.J.Res. 57: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury relating to "Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds".Not voting
    May 15, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Defeated 46–49
  4. H.R. 3935: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024Not voting
    May 9, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 88–4
  5. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
    Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 60–34· Against party
  6. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 40–53· Against party
  7. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–50
  8. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
    Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 11–81
  9. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–58· Against party
  10. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
    Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 17–75
  11. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 31–61· Against party
  12. S. 4072: A bill to prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce certain rules of the Environmental Protection Agency.Nay
    Apr 18, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Defeated 52–46

Sponsored bills

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

232 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced17676%
  2. Reported by committee2511%
  3. Passed one chamber2913%
  4. Became law20.9%

Policy areas

  1. International Affairs105
  2. Health28
  3. Crime and Law Enforcement12
  4. Taxation12
  5. Finance and Financial Sector11
  6. Commerce6
  7. Education6
  8. Immigration6

Latest activity

  1. S. 920 International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2024
    Passed one chamber· Crime and Law Enforcement· Dec 16, 2024
  2. S. 288 End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2024
    Passed one chamber· International Affairs· Sep 23, 2024
  3. S. 2336 MISSILES Act
    Reported by committee· International Affairs· May 7, 2024
  4. S. 1331 PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act
    Introduced· Education· Apr 10, 2024
  5. S.Res. 606 A resolution to recognize the 203rd anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States.
    Introduced· International Affairs· Mar 21, 2024
  6. S. 3867 Livable Communities Act of 2024
    Introduced· Housing and Community Development· Mar 12, 2024
  7. S. 2142 National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2023
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Mar 12, 2024
  8. S. 3862 Homeownership Affordability Act
    Introduced· Housing and Community Development· Mar 5, 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.

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.

2026 cycle

Raised
$2M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$679.7K
From committees
$52K
30 committees
From contractor PACs
$25.5K
13 PACs · 49% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee$5,000CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$130.5K
johnson & johnsonjohnson & johnson political action committee$2,500JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family—
bristol-myers squibb companybristol-myers squibb company political action committee$2,500BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$8.8M
mckesson corporationmckesson corporation employees political fund$2,500MCKESSON CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$13.5B
american college of emergency physiciansnational emergency medicine political action committee / american college of emergency physicians$2,500AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANSAI match · 100% · the same organization$92K
natera, inc.natera, inc. pac (natera pac)$2,500NATERA INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$967.2K
samsung electronics america incsamsung electronics america inc political action committee$2,000SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$3.7M
united airlines, inc.united airlines, inc. political action committee (uapac)$1,000UNITED AIRLINES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$11.9M
jpmorgan chase & co.jpmorgan chase & co. federal political action committee$1,000JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.5M
american airlines inc.american airlines inc. political action committee (aapac)$1,000AMERICAN AIRLINES, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$8M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$2M$52K$25.5K13 PACs · 49% of committee money
2024$3.9M$518K$91K32 PACs · 18% of committee money
2022$5.5M$739.8K$177.4K59 PACs · 24% 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. Senate · New JerseyJan 3, 2019 – Aug 20, 2024
  2. Senate · New JerseyJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019
  3. Senate · New JerseyJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2013
  4. Senate · New JerseyJan 18, 2006 – Jan 3, 2007
  5. House · New Jersey's 13th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 16, 2006
  6. House · New Jersey's 13th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  7. House · New Jersey's 13th districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  8. House · New Jersey's 13th districtJan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  9. House · New Jersey's 13th districtJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999
  10. House · New Jersey's 13th districtJan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 1997
  11. House · New Jersey's 13th districtJan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 1995

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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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.