Rep. Robert Jacobsen Menendez
Representative for New Jersey’s 8th District
Menendez is the representative for New Jersey’s 8th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2023. Menendez is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 38 years old.
![Photo of Rep. Robert Jacobsen Menendez [D-NJ8]](/static/legislator-photos/456918-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Menendez proposed $39 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $5 million to County of Hudson, New Jersey for “Reconstruction of the Newark Jersey City Turnpike”
- $5 million to City of Elizabeth, New Jersey for “Elizabeth Lead Service Line Replacement”
- $5 million to Urban League of Union County, Inc. for “Urban League of Union County Workforce Project”
View all requests and justifications on Menendez’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Committee Membership
Robert Jacobsen Menendez sits on the following committees:
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Menendez sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Transportation and Public Works (100%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Menendez recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 7753: Protecting Communities from Helicopter Noise Act
- H.R. 7702: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report …
- H.R. 6907: Parental Workforce Training Act
- H.R. 6449: Providing Robust Organics and Diets for Urban Communities Everywhere Act
- H.R. 6387: Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2023
- H.Res. 718: Expressing support for the designation of September 23, 2023, as national “Bruce Springsteen …
- H.R. 4037: Airline Employee Assault Prevention Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2023 to Jun 2024, Menendez missed 6 of 957 roll call votes, which is 0.6%. This is better than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives 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.
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
- Official Legislator Photo for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
