Sen. Booker, Cory A.

Democrat · New Jersey · Senate

Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. senator from New Jersey. He was the 38th mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, and served on the Municipal Council of Newark for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002.

Voting record

• Participation: shows up to vote 97% of the time.
• Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 24.7% of the time.
• Alignment with the district's political lean: 80.5%.
• Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 0.

Recent votes by Sen. Booker, Cory A.

• Voted Yea on Increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
• Voted Nay on Speaker reserves procedural placeholder for House — Secure the Border Act of 2023
• Voted Yea on Exempts active military pay from income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
• Voted Yea on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
• Voted Not Voting on Raises passenger fees for airport improvements — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
• Voted Nay on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
• Voted Yea on Require Muslim Brotherhood foreign terrorist designation — Clean Energy for America Act
• Voted Yea on Eliminates funding for National Endowment for Humanities — Social Security Fairness Act
• Voted Yea on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
• Voted Yea on Tighten financial sanctions on Russia over Ukraine — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
• Voted Yea on Extends federal funding through early 2025 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
• Voted Nay on Close loophole for large independent banks — Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
• Voted Yea on Shortens wetland disposal ban periods — FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
• Voted Nay on Farmers gain easier access to carbon credit markets — A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a program to reduce barriers to entry for farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners in certain voluntary markets, and for other purposes.
• Voted Yea on Boosts crime victims fund with settlement money — A bill to deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes.

Other New Jersey representatives

• Rep. Conaway, Herbert C. (Democrat)
• Rep. Gottheimer, Josh (Democrat)
• Rep. Kean, Thomas H. (Republican)
• Sen. Kim, Andy (Democrat)
• Rep. McIver, LaMonica (Democrat)
• Rep. Menendez, Robert (Democrat)
• Rep. Norcross, Donald (Democrat)
• Rep. Pallone, Frank (Democrat)
• Rep. Pou, Nellie (Democrat)
• Rep. Smith, Christopher H. (Republican)

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