Former member of Congress · last served 118th Congress
Bill Pascrell, Jr.
Bill Pascrell was a Democratic U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 1997, who voted with most Democrats on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 5 bills that became law (113th–118th 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
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 4747 HOPE ActDec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
- H.R. 3821 Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023Dec 12, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-147.
- H.R. 1719 Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2023Sep 25, 2024 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Gimenez asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1719, a bill originally…
- H.R. 7208 Dennis John Benigno Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2024Sep 18, 2024 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.
- H.Res. 1257 Expressing the need for enhanced public awareness of Huntington's Disease and support for the designation of a "National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month".May 31, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2992 (117th) TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training ActBecame law
- H.R. 146 (107th) Great Falls Historic District Study Act of 2001Became law
- H.R. 1865 (116th) Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020Became law
- H.R. 2379 (116th) To reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program.Became law
- H.R. 1625 (108th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1114 Main Avenue in Clifton, New Jersey, as the "Robert P. Hammer Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 6615 (115th) Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018Became law
- H.Res. 178 (111th) Expressing the need for enhanced public awareness of traumatic brain injury and support for the designation of a National Brain Injury Awareness Month.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 517 (109th) Recognizing the life of Wellington Timothy Mara and his outstanding contributions to the New York Giants Football Club, the National Football League, and the…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Pascrell, has won
Rep. Pascrell, has won 14 U.S. House elections (1996–2022). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.2 to 48.9 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 9th district done while Rep. Pascrell served?
2013 to 2021 in NJ-9: typical household income was up 7% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.7 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 2.2 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 9th district during Pascrell’s time representing it (2013 to 2024). 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-9 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, 2013 to 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2013 to 2024.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
118th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 20 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 20 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 15 | See the 15 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 118th 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.