Sen. Robert “Bob” Menéndez

State:: New Jersey
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2006-2019	Senator	New Jersey
1993-2006	Representative	New Jersey's 13^th District

Track Him

Official Website: http://menendez.senate.gov
@SenatorMenendez

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Sponsorship Analysis

Menéndez is a moderate Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Menéndez to other members of the Senate on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Robert “Bob” Menéndez sits on the following committees:

Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on African Affairs
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on European Affairs
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, International Environmental Protection, and Peace Corps
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Global Narcotics Affairs
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
- Member, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
Senate Committee on Finance
- Member, Subcommittee on Health Care
- Member, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
- Member, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Menéndez’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 2006 to May 2013, Menéndez missed 48 of 2,257 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is worse than the median of 1.8% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2006 Jan-Mar	83	3	3.6%	78^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	4	3.7%	76^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	6	8.2%	96^th
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	1	0.8%	35^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	4	4.7%	86^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	2	2.4%	68^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	4	5.2%	75^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	2	2.1%	66^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	2	2.2%	77^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	2	2.1%	68^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	2	2.1%	58^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	1	2.3%	55^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	42^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	46	4	8.7%	87^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	4	6.9%	84^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	50^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	1	1.2%	41^st
2012 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	59^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	2	1.8%	70^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-May	47	1	2.1%	52^nd