Sen. Robert Menendez

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 01/01/1954 Birthplace: Union City, NJ District: represents NJ Political Party: Democrat Religion: Roman Catholic Education: JD, Rutgers School of Law, Newark, 1979 BA, Saint Peter's College, 1976. Last elected in 2006 receiving 1,200,843 (53.0%) votes. Official website

Money

Raised	$1,659,280		^(#78)
Spent	80%		^(#235)
From self	0%		^(#34)
From individuals	82%		^(#30)
From PACs	12%		^(#522)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested	237		^(#8)
Total cost	$791,131,435		^(#21)
Received	213		^(#8)
Total cost	$473,284,365		^(#14)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology	57% left-wing		^(#417)
Predictable	97%		^(#114)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke	16 times		^(#73)
Avg. length	1,347 words		^(#105)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored	1,745		^(#106)
Introduced	197		^(#52)
Debated	12		^(#176)
Enacted	3		^(#220)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	20% (1/5 votes)
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Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.

Top Contributors

Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data.
1 Michael Kempner	$33,200	from May 17, 2006 to August 31, 2007
2 James Jr Coleman	$30,900	on May 19, 2006
3 Steven Roth	$30,000	on May 19, 2006
4 Charles Jr Seelig	$30,000	on May 19, 2006
5 George Filopoulos	$29,000	from May 9, 2005 to June 28, 2006
More contributors →
Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

Top Contributor Employers

Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data
1 Self	$1,317,420
2 Lowenstein Sandler	$140,850
3 Goldman Sachs	$76,200
4 Langan Engineering	$65,500
5 J Fletcher Creamer Son	$50,800
More contributors →
Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

Top Lobby Contributors

New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings
1 Ms. Raquel A. Rodriguez - Mcdermott Will & Emery Llp	$15,000
2 Mr. John Delaney - Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation	$15,000
3 Mr. Stephen M Ryan - Mcdermott Will & Emery Llp	$15,000
4 Mr. William F Weld - Mcdermott Will & Emery Llp	$15,000
5 Marra Harris - Schering-Plough Legislative Resources L.L.C.	$5,000
More lobby contributors →
Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.

Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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