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Sen. Cory Booker

Senate Democratic Policy & Communications Committee Vice Chair and Senator for New Jersey

pronounced KOR-ee // BUU-ker

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Booker is the junior senator from New Jersey and is a Democrat. He has served since Oct 31, 2013. Booker is next up for reelection in 2026 and serves until Jan 3, 2027. He is 53 years old.

He is also Senate Democratic Policy & Communications Committee Vice Chair, a party leadership role. Party leaders focus more on setting their party’s legislative priorties than on introducing legislation.

Photo of Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Booker.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Booker is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Booker has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 16, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Cory Booker sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Booker was the primary sponsor of 12 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 12 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Booker sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (24%) Crime and Law Enforcement (18%) Agriculture and Food (11%) Taxation (10%) Education (10%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) International Affairs (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Booker recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

As Senate Democratic Policy & Communications Committee Vice Chair, Booker may be focused on his responsibilities other than introducing legislation, such as setting the chamber’s agenda, uniting his party, and brokering deals.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Booker voted Nay

Conference Report Agreed to 83/16 on Feb 14, 2019.
This bill, in its final form, funded the parts of the federal government whose funding was to lapse on February 15, 2019. On December 22, …

Booker voted Nay

Motion Agreed to 71/28 on Feb 9, 2018.
This bill became the vehicle for passage of funding for the federal government through March 23, 2018, to avert a government shutdown that would have …

Booker voted Nay

Booker voted Nay

Bill Passed 72/26 on Sep 28, 2016.
The Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (H.R. 5325) is an appropriations …

Booker voted Nay

Bill Passed 81/17 on Jul 16, 2015.
The Every Child Achieves Act is a bipartisan educational policy reform bill that would expand state responsibility over schools, provide grants to charter schools, and …

Booker voted Yea

Joint Resolution Passed 78/22 on Sep 18, 2014.

Missed Votes

From Oct 2013 to Mar 2023, Booker missed 370 of 3,258 roll call votes, which is 11.4%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office. Legislators running for president or vice president typically miss votes while on the campaign trail — that’s normal. See our analysis of presidential candidates’ missed votes.

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Primary Sources

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