Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Steven R. Rothman
Steven Rothman was a Democratic U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 1997, who voted with most Democrats on 97% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 3 bills that became law (105th–112th 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.Res. 771 Expressing support for the designation of February 14th as National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care to promote national awareness of the…Aug 3, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5848 Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2012Jun 4, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
- H.R. 5493 To renew the temporary suspension of duty on certain artificial filament single yarn.May 14, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 5492 To renew the temporary suspension of duty on certain twisted yarn of viscose rayon.May 14, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 5491 To renew the temporary suspension of duty on certain viscose rayon yarn.May 14, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 789 (112th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 Main Street in Little Ferry, New Jersey, as the "Sergeant Matthew J. Fenton Post…Became law
- H.R. 5133 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 331 1st Street in Carlstadt, New Jersey, as the "Staff Sergeant Frank T. Carvill and…Became law
- H.R. 3939 (108th) To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14-24 Abbott Road in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, as the "Mary Ann Collura Post Office…Became law
- H.Con.Res. 21 (110th) Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 438 (109th) Urging member states of the United Nations to stop supporting resolutions that unfairly castigate Israel and to promote within the United Nations a more…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2352 (110th) School Safety Enhancements Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 960 (110th) Congratulating the National Football League champion New York Giants for winning Super Bowl XLII and completing one of the most remarkable postseason runs in…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 526 (109th) Supporting the goals and ideals of observing the Year of Polio Awareness.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Rothman has won
Rep. Rothman has won 8 U.S. House elections (1996–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 13.6 to 43.9 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. Rothman served?
2005 to 2011 in NJ-9: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 2.0 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 Rothman’s time representing it (1997 to 2013). 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, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1997 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 17 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 17 | 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 | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th 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.