Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Matthew J. Rinaldo
Matthew Rinaldo was a Republican U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 1973.
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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5295 Aircraft Noise Research and Abatement Act of 1992Jun 4, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness.
- H.R. 4581 Third World Development and Threat Reduction Act of 1992Apr 1, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy.
- H.R. 1904 To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on certain chemicals.Feb 26, 1992 · See H.R.4318.
- H.R. 1748 To suspend temporarily the duty on ethanone-1,2-naphthyl-.Feb 26, 1992 · See H.R.4318.
- H.R. 584 To extend the temporary suspensions of duty on certain oxygen-function amino compounds.Feb 26, 1992 · See H.R.4318.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Con.Res. 333 (101st) Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning a 1991 White House Conference on Aging.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3031 (102nd) NTIA Organization and Authorization ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1136 (101st) Radio License Renewal and Improvements Act of 1989179 cosponsors
- H.R. 3621 (101st) Older Americans Long-Term Care Insurance Act of 198943 cosponsors
- H.R. 2618 (102nd) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from denying claims for benefits under the medicare…39 cosponsors
- H.R. 2528 (102nd) Older Americans Long-Term Care Insurance Act of 199137 cosponsors
- H.R. 670 (102nd) Credit Reporting Reform Act of 199132 cosponsors
- H.R. 5516 (101st) To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt payments for home health services under the medicare program from reduction…29 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Rinaldo has won
Rep. Rinaldo has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.7 to 58.1 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 24 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 24 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 102nd 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.