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 2020.
Booker is running for President of the United States. We’re tracking the legislative records of the candidates who served in office:
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![Photo of Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]](/static/legislator-photos/412598-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 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 liberal–conservative 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 6, 2015 to Sep 19, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Cory Booker sits on the following committees:
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Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight
- Member, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
- Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development
- Member, Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Member, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
- Member, Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration
- Member, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Enacted Legislation
Booker was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:
- S. 1100: A bill to institute a program for the disclosure of taxpayer information for third-party income verification through the Internet.
- S. 3016: Action for Dental Health Act of 2018
- S. 3167: 9/11 Memorial Act
- S. 3493 (114th): A bill to revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in New Jersey.
- S. 2908 (114th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1265 Hurffville Road in Deptford Township, New Jersey, as the “First Lieutenant Salvatore ...
- S. 1090 (114th): Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015
- S. 994 (114th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the “Staff Sergeant Joseph ...
Does 7 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 (20%) Crime and Law Enforcement (18%) Taxation (15%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Education (10%) Immigration (8%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (8%) Animals (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Booker’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 2510: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a ...
- S. 2514: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that ...
- S. 2516: A bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to restrict the ...
- S. 2512: A bill to prohibit a court from awarding damages based on race, ethnicity, ...
- S. 2467: Transit to Trails Act
- S. 2453: SAVE Right Whales Act
- S. 2452: Climate Stewardship Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Oct 2013 to Sep 2019, Booker missed 191 of 1,826 roll call votes, which is 10.5%. This is much worse than the median of 1.5% 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 and major life events. 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.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- available Booker's Senate office for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
