Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
Rodney Frelinghuysen was a Republican U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 1995, who voted with most Republicans on 90% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 6 bills that became law (113th–115th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.J.Res. 143 Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes.Dec 7, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-298.
- H.Con.Res. 116 Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1625.Mar 23, 2018 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 1301 Continuing Appropriations Amendments Act, 2018Feb 9, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-124.
- H.Con.Res. 104 Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1892.Feb 9, 2018 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.J.Res. 128 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018Feb 5, 2018 · Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1964 (108th) Highlands Conservation ActBecame law
- H.R. 1366 (104th) To authorize the extension of time limitation for the FERC-issued hydroelectric license for the Mt. Hope Waterpower Project.Became law
- H.R. 459 (106th) To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for FERC Project No. 9401, the Mt. Hope Waterpower Project.Became law
- H.R. 4850 (108th) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005Became law
- H.J.Res. 91 (113th) Department of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014Became law
- H.J.Res. 123 (115th) Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.J.Res. 99 (115th) Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.J.Res. 76 (113th) Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Resolution, 2014Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Frelinghuysen has won
Rep. Frelinghuysen has won 12 U.S. House elections (1994–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.8 to 46.0 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has New Jersey’s 11th district done while Rep. Frelinghuysen served?
2012 to 2018 in NJ-11: typical household income was up 13% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.7 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in New Jersey’s 11th district during Frelinghuysen’s time representing it (1995 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. NJ-11 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1995 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 18 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 18 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 11 | See the 11 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.