About
Menendez, Robert Jacobsen a Representative from New Jersey; born in Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., July 12, 1985; graduated from the Hudson School, Hoboken, N.J., 2003; B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C., 2008; J.D., Rutgers Law School, Newark, N.J., 2011; lawyer, private practice; member of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board of commissioners, 2021-2022; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2023-present).
Official Biography · U.S. Congress.
Performance & Participation
Votes CastTop 25%
100% — Voted in 645 of 645 roll call votes this congress.
Avg 97% · Most: 100% · Least: 18%
Vote IndependenceMiddle 50%
0.8% — Voted against their own party majority 5 of 608 times.
Avg 2.1% · Most independent: 23.7% · Most party-line: 0.0%
Cosponsors AttractedMiddle 50%
127 — Attracted 127 cosponsors across 21 bills.
Avg 300 · Most: 1,868 · Least: 0
Cosponsors Attracted Cross-AisleMiddle 50%
12 — Attracted 12 cosponsors across the aisle.
Avg 60 · Most: 1,291 · Least: 0
Cosponsorships GivenMiddle 50%
296 — 296 bills cosponsored.
Avg 304 · Most: 1,768 · Least: 0
Cosponsorships Given Cross-AisleMiddle 50%
44 — 44 bills cosponsored across the aisle.
Avg 59 · Most: 803 · Least: 0
Social Media ToneiMiddle 50%
NegativePositive
Avg +0.69 · Most: +0.94 · Least: +0.33
Press Release ToneiMiddle 50%
NegativePositive
Avg +0.37 · Most: +0.90 · Least: +0.03
Dems Want to Regulate AI. But Will AI Money Divide Them?
The New Republic · Sep 11, 2026
Energy and Commerce Markup: 17 Bills Advance
Legis1 · Aug 31, 2026
Genasys Ends Lobbying Relationship With ATS Communications
Legis1 · Jul 6, 2026
CNN Backs New Jersey Dems’ Performative Grandstanding at ICE Facility
Newsbusters · May 27, 2026
Trump administration threatens to arrest House Democrats over ICE facility incident
Axios · May 10, 2025